The VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF is part of a trend of increased specialization among REIT ETFs.

The investment management firm has been beefing up its staff to capitalize on an asset class with strong investor interest.

One way to mitigate the impact of a failed exchange is “tax straddling,” which involves timing the exchange so the sale falls in one tax year and the receipt of proceeds in the following year.

While historically Nuveen Real Estate has worked with institutional investors, it sees the retail investor channel as increasingly important going forward.

Publicly-traded REITs are largely relying on unsecured debt at fixed rates, avoiding some of the rancor caused by rising interest rates.

FS Credit REIT invests in short-term, floating-rate loans. But it notes its strategy is different from many debt funds in the market today.

Opportunistic investors have snapped up loan portfolios in some of the first moves attempting to capitalize on distressed real estate.

While most real estate ETFs are structured off equity, the AXS Real Estate Income ETF joins a smaller group of ETFs focused on real estate debt.

Transparency in financial reporting, favorable partnership structures are taking on more importance for family offices in a riskier investment climate.

With some publicly-traded REITs beginning to pick up assets from the private markets it may be an indication that they are entering a phase when they tend to deliver the highest returns.