Confused about the structure of a real estate firm I worked for? Please Help
I worked for a real estate firm for 2 years and its on my resume. I am confused about the structure of the firm. Essentially the firm was founded by a former hedge fund manager. When I first started working for there, the firm's website described it as a private REIT so thats what I put on my resume. However, after doing research I have seen that private REITs are limited to the amount of equity they are able to raise a year. The firm has had $300M Offerings with Minimum investments of $5M. Articles online describe it as institutional aggregator with existing funds. I have also seen online that it has gone through Venture Capital and Private Equity Capital phases. Do I look like an idiot for putting "private REIT"? Should I just put Private Equity?
I don't think what you are reading about "private REITs" is what you think it is (nor relates to your firm potentially). REIT is tax classification, set by the IRS, has nothing to do with ability or means of raising capital (it does set out the 100 investor minimum, 50% concentration rule, and asset/income distribution tests).
Securities laws govern how/where/from whom a fund can raise money (i.e sell securites/shares/etc.). I am thinking you are maybe reading about Regulation A offerings? They have limits on the amount of capital that can be raised in a year. Since you are denoting "private REIT", I will hang on the "private" title to say you are probably utilizing Regulation D, which governs private securities (sometimes called private placements). With minimums of $5 million, it is likely that many of your investors are Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs)... that is implied in the "institutional aggregator" part, and are possibly excluded from certain restrictions placed on true "private" investors. None the less, every single investor making a $5 million dollar investment would by definition be an Accredited Investor ($1 million of liquid net worth makes one "Accredited" per securities law) and thus not face many restrictions, if any.
Private equity or private REIT is probably fine, these legal/tax distinctions are meaningless from a resume standpoint. That said, if your firm is doing multiple offeringS, then private fund manager, private equity firm is probably more accurate. As people usually say REIT to imply working for the "REIT entity" (like a publicly traded REIT like SLG, PLD, etc.). What you are describing is essential an real estate private equity/fund investment management business activities. The REIT tax classification is not really the distinction people use when talking about REITs classically.
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