Even if I was to ask you on a sheet of paper, you might deny it because you might be afraid that it's not anonymous.

即使我叫你写在一张纸上，你也不会写真心话，因为你害怕,这不是匿名的。

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Although, in some sense, it wasn't really disintermediation because you could say a REIT is a different kind of intermediary between the individual and the investment.

某种意义上这不是真正的去中介化,因为你也可以说REITs是另一种,个人投资中介

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