Why invest in real estate?
Long-term historical analysis shows that investments in real estate, when compared with public equities markets and U.S. fixed income instruments, have experienced relatively lower volatility while earning higher risk-adjusted returns. Commercial real estate (CRE) as an asset class, provides investors with refuge from the day-to-day ups and downs of market speculation, political turmoil, and the whims of human psychology, due to its unique quality of being backed by a hard tangible asset with intrinsic value. Additionally, real estate investment advantages include cash flow, appreciation, equity increase, and tax benefits.