Should Ashford Hospitality Trust Investors Be Worried?
If You Suffered REIT Losses, Our Broker Negligence Lawyers Can Help You Explore Your Legal Options
According to a Seeking Alpha article, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) and its family of companies is among the “most dangerous” real estate investment trusts (REITs). Initially seeming to do well at the start even when market prices for hotel REITs plunged during the early aughts, this holder of luxury assets used cash to repurchase about half of its outstanding shares at low rates, helping to save itself while similar investment vehicles could not. However, it was after that, contends Portfolio Income Solutions leader Dane Bowler that the real estate investment trust started getting “greedy,” and Ashford Hospitality Trust’s decisions now purportedly appear to be made for the benefits management while costing shareholders. This has included management allegedly profiting by “multi-dipping” and receiving pay from multiple Ashford Inc. entities.
What Is a REIT and What Are The Risks Involved?
A real estate investment trust typically finances or owns income-producing real estate and may even involve mortgages. They may be public REITs, which are traded, or private REITs, which are not. While investing in real estate-related vehicles may sound like a safe bet, in truth, REITs can be risky and potentially volatile depending on how the real estate market is behaving.
REITs are not suitable for every kind of investor and can lead to serious losses, especially for conservative investors, including retirees, and retail customers.
Why Hire Our Savvy Real Estate Investment Trust Fraud Law Firm
At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com), we have been representing REIT investors in recouping losses caused by broker misconduct or negligence for decades. Whether an investment scam was involved or your financial advisor unsuitably recommended real estate investment trusts, overconcentrated your account, or misrepresented the risks, if you have grounds for suing your broker-dealer and we decide to work together, we can help you file your FINRA arbitration claim seeking damages.
Also, as an investor, you should know that not all REITs are the same, which is why you need to understand the nature of your investment and whether a particular real estate investment trust is appropriate given your risk tolerance level and financial goals. Interest rates can also heavily impact a real estate investment trust. There may even be conflicts of interest if the manager of a REIT is also its owner.
When you retain the services of our knowledgeable REIT loss attorneys, you are bringing in a legal team with over a combined century’s worth of experience in the securities industry and securities law. We are nationally recognized for being a formidable broker-dealer negligence law firm with the skills, resources, and manpower to fight for investors.
More than 90% percent of our clients have obtained full or partial financial recovery for their losses with our help. This has resulted in thousands of investors collectively receiving many millions of dollars in damages.
How To Contact Our REIT Fraud Law Firm
If you are an investor who lost money in Ashford Hospitality Trust REIT, call our REIT Fraud Law Firm (800) 259-9010 today or contact us online.