[mywittyname]

Normal investors lack the ability to invest in real estate the same way that wealthy investors do. It's nearly impossible for you and I to invest in a new office complex or similar. So normal investors are stuck with the housing (usually in a single market), existing small commercial, or REITs. Houses are fickle and gains are mostly due to luck (or volume). In my experience, yields on affordable commercial RE are not that far off from broader market yields.