REITs offer investors a middle way between the high-risk, high-return vulture funds and stodgy, low-return Japanese property developers, such as those attached to the Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo keiretsu.
If your property isn't currently listed, however, you may want to think twice about pursuing local recognition, because that often comes with strings attached that limit your ability to make exterior alterations to your property.