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Making Your Marketing Tech Stack Work Smarter, Not Harder
In alternative investments, where relationships and education matter, technology should simplify workflows and surface insight—not add complexity.
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Bluerock Value Exchange Launches $60 Million 1031 Exchange BR Diversified Industrial Portfolio 7 DST
DIP 7 represents BVEX’s 45th individual DST program, and seventh sequential industrial-focused DST program.
Essential Income REIT’s Net Asset Value Per Share Increases in Q4 2025
The Essential Income REIT’s monthly distribution rate to investors has remained stable and has grown five times since its 2019 launch and throughout multiple periods of economic volatility.
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Advisor Insights Help Plan Sponsors Simplify Complexity, According To 16th Fidelity® Plan Sponsor Attitudes Study
Fidelity Fidelity Investments, in its 16th annual Plan Sponsor Attitudes Study released today, found that plan advisors continue to deliver meaningful value to sponsors and...
CIM Group Advances Hospitality Lending Focus Closing $73.5 Million for Two Hilton Brand Hotels in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
CIM Group CIM Group announced today that its CIM Real Estate Debt Solutions business recently closed whole loans totaling $73.5 million for two Hilton branded hotels. On...
Elevating the Conversation: Using Objections to Strengthen Advisor Relationships
Marketing Intent Objections. They have a way of signaling friction before any point is debated. They can feel challenging, disconcerting, and at times even personal. Yet...
Sealy & Company Named One of Fortune’s Best Workplaces 2025
Sealy & Company Sealy & Company is proud to be recognized on the 2025 Fortune Best Workplaces in Real Estate™ List for the second consecutive year, earning 22nd...
Urban Catalyst Breaks Ground on Aquino, a Premier Multifamily Development in Downtown West San Jose
Urban Catalyst Urban Catalyst proudly celebrated the groundbreaking of Aquino, a 278-unit high-end multifamily development located at 498 W. San Carlos Street in Downtown...
Bluerock Value Exchange Fully Subscribes $66 Million Class A Multifamily DST in Tampa Florida
Bluerock Bluerock Value Exchange (BVEX), a 20-year, national sponsor of 1031 exchange and Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) investment programs, announced it has fully...
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Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds
Aside from their manageable debt position, office REITs also own some of the better assets, given the repositioning efforts undertaken to upgrade portfolios over the last few years, Hafeez said.
Bluerock Fund Advisor Wins the Prestigious 2023 Asset Manager of the Year Award from Money Management Institute / Barron’s
“We are pleased to win this prestigious award and on behalf of our shareholders, receive recognition from MMI/Barron’s and our peers, for our team’s hard work and dedication in delivering high risk-adjusted returns over the past 11 years in the Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund,” said Ramin Kamfar, Founder and CEO of Bluerock…
Blackstone REIT’s Share Redemptions Story Far From Over
One of the hottest topics in the nontraded REIT space, beginning in November 2022, has been the share redemption requests submitted by the shareholders of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”) and the REIT’s capping of repurchases at 2% of aggregate NAV per month and 5% per quarter…
Advent of Change
“We’re in a very complex, ever-evolving industry,” Geiger begins. “What makes Advent stand out is the depth of our domain expertise.” With decades of industry experience, long-serving employees and the backing of SS&C, the company’s credentials certainly inspire confidence….
Legitimizing Your Firm
Remember the Saturday Night Live skit with Chris Farley and “the van down by the river?” Well, recently, we had a client come to us that made us think of that, because they wanted us to help legitimize their firm so they didn’t look like they worked out of a van down by the river. Read on to learn where we focused that effort…
Is Every Commercial Office Property in Trouble?
Midway through 2023, media coverage of the challenges many commercial office real estate owners are confronting has reached a feverish level. One may wonder if the sector’s current low vacancy rates and refinancing requirements will ultimately bring down our entire economy. We think not…
How Our Series 7 Securities Licenses Benefit Our Clients
You may think of a Series 7 Securities License as the exclusive domain of financial advisors. But can this valuable credential also benefit those of us in the marketing realm? The answer is a resounding “yes.” Let us introduce ourselves – we are Alise and Cherie, both proud holders of Series 7 Securities Licenses. Here’s why it matters…
Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Studies: Tracking the Evolution of an Industry
For more than a decade, Blue Vault has been at the forefront of assessing the performance, fees, and net asset values (NAV) of individual nontraded real estate investment trusts (REITs). Our suite of studies provides a panoramic, historical look
Housing remains a puzzle in Fed’s inflation fight
Analysts don’t expect it to continue, with real-time rent data still pointing to an eventual slowdown in official housing price indexes that include information from a year ago in a moving average.
Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds
Public office REITs had total debt of $81.69 billion as of the end of the second quarter, 87.8% of which has a fixed rate, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.











