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TruAmerica Multifamily could be a net seller this year. If they are, it would be the first time in the workforce housing investor's history. This year, it was nearly split between buying and selling activity, and Bob Hart of the company says that there is a 50-50 chance the company will close 2020 as a net seller.

'We are almost 50-50 buying and selling. This year, we could be a net seller—maybe. I give it 50-50," Hart, founder and CEO of TruAmerica Multifamily tells GlobeSt.com.

While the company may be net sellers, it will still be an active buyer. "We are giving ourselves some geographic diversity. California has been very hard to buy in, although we did do a few deals there this year," says Hart. "We have to balance it out. We are still in every major city Denver and West and we are still along the Eastern Coast, but we want to start to play in the center. It is more about diversity than changing the strategy.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.