Non-Traded REITs Hitting New Records: Investor Takeaway

Investors poured a record $3.69 billion into non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) in August, according to investment bank Robert A. Stanger and Co. That continued the sector's record-smashing year, which has already seen it raise more money through August than in its best full year. Here's a look at what's driving investors to plow capital into the sector and what these REITs are doing with their massive inflows. August marked the third straight month that investors purchased more than $3 billion of shares in non-traded REITs.