January 08, 2016 5:10am |Benzinga |Houston, TX (PRWEB) Hartman Income REIT Management, Inc. is proud to announce the appointment of Travis Hamlin as its Regional Sales Director for its Western Region, where he will be responsible for sales of Hartman investment programs in all western states except California. Before joining Hartman, Mr. Hamlin served for…

ADVOCATE STAFF REPORT | Jan. 8, 2016; 4:14 p.m. | The Advocate The century-old Q&C Hotel in the Central Business District has been sold for $51.2 million. The 12-story, two-building hotel, located at 344 Camp St., was sold to Encore Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of Texas-based Encore Enterprises Inc., in a joint venture with KBS Strategic…

Provided by Extra Space Storage Extra Space Storage Inc. (“Extra Space”), a leading owner and operator of self-storage properties, announced today it has completed its acquisition of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. (SmartStop), a public, non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT). SmartStop stockholders approved the transaction at their shareholder meeting held on September 29, 2015. Stockholders received $13.75 per share…

SOURCE: JLL Income Property Trust January 05, 2016 11:26 ET | Market Wired CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - Jan 5, 2016) - JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally-managed, non-listed, daily valued perpetual life REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX) (NASDAQ: ZIPTMX) (NASDAQ: ZIPIAX) (NASDAQ: ZIPIMX), today announced it recently acquired an approximate 14% interest in a portfolio of 15 urban…

12/3/2015 | By Sarah Borchersen-Keto See Video Here Justin Knight, president and CEO of Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE: APLE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas. Apple targets the select-service, extended-stay segment of thelodging sector, with assets in urban, high‐end…

REIT investors may have seen the term “capitalization rate” used in discussions of individual real estate property acquisitions and valuations and even in the broader market context when comparing investor expectations and property portfolio values. In this article we explain what capitalization rates or “cap rates” are and what they aren’t, and how nontraded REIT…

Many investment professionals assume that it is better to invest in nontraded REITS later in their fundraising period rather than earlier. The recent study of full-cycle events by nontraded REITs performed by Blue Vault and the University of Texas McCombs School of Business The University of Texas at Austin, casts doubt on that assumption.

When recommending and choosing nontraded REITs for their clients, most advisors know the importance of looking at key metrics such as debt, distribution yield, MFFO payout ratios, and portfolio diversification. However, these metrics may vary greatly from REIT to REIT depending on where each program is in its life cycle.

In the recent study prepared in collaboration with The University of Texas called, “Nontraded REIT Industry Full-Cycle Performance Study” in addition to analyzing the total returns of the 17 nontraded REITs that went full-cycle between 1990 and March 2012, the findings also provided insights into what we might call “Timing versus Selection.”