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.

The tax deadlines for reallocating capital gains are approaching.

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