5 at 5: Your Daily Digest for Real Estate Investing, 4/12/21

Marc Rapport, The Motley Fool

April 12, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.·3 min read

Lights, cameras, Regal back in action; why cash-out refinancing is different this time; restaurant closings: the impact; a strong year for rentals unfolding; retailers and on-demand warehousing. Last October, Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE), the parent company of Regal Cinemas, shut down all of its U.S. and U.K. movie theaters. Now, our Maurie Backman reports, around 500 theaters are welcoming movie fans back this month at limited capacity.

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