what are the disadvantages of a reit 
some of the disadvantages of a reit are high expense ratios lack of investor input and lack of owner initiated property enhancement investors trade the higher liquidity of a reit with owning a property outright but that investor can t make enhancements such as adding a new roof or electrical to enhance the property s value reits themselves can sometimes suffer from a lack of market liquidity but those issues tend to be reserved for smaller reits that are not heavily traded 