How to Money · Friday, July 3, 2026
For those deterred by the complexities of direct real estate ownership, Joel and Matt explore alternatives like Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and syndication deals. They discuss the pros and cons, noting REITs offer liquidity and diversification but may have fees, while syndication deals have high entry barriers and require significant due diligence.
“REITs are becoming more and more popular, and ereats basically mean the routs available through specific investing platforms, of which fund Rise tends to be the best of the bunch.”
“But real estate is also not ubiquitous. Because I'm thinking about again the market. I can log into Fidelity or Vanguard like right now, and I can invest more money if I want to.”
“Syndication deals This is another way to invest in real estate in a more passive manner, and that basically means just investing in other people's real estate deals and other folks in other companies real estate deals.”