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UPREITs: An Old Idea is New Again

UPREITs are the perfect fit for the investor who doesn’t want any management responsibilities or the large single asset owner looking to diversify.

By Jonathan Hipp | Updated on March 09, 2011

Net Lease investments have long been a haven for those looking to invest in real estate without the headaches associated with management. Owners can rely on a predictable cash flow stream and a risk profile that’s essentially a function of their tenant’s credit.

Still though, there is an inherent lack of liquidity in real estate investments, triple-net or otherwise. Also, the notion of management and diversification takes on new meaning depending upon whether you own one property or twenty. Once you eclipse ten or twenty properties in a portfolio, even triple-net ones, management can become an issue. A tenant will always be rolling, and issues will present themselves regularly that need to be dealt with whether we want to or not.

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