More Bad News for The Non-Traded REIT’s Investors Publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, Moody National REIT II, announced in August 2021 that its Board had made the decision to postpone the valuation of its shares. Considering that the non-traded REIT has not updated its net asset value (NAV)…
Articles Posted in REIT fraud
Cetera Advisors Broker Jeffrey Meyers Accused of Making Unsuitable REIT Investment Recommendations
Hospitality Investors Trust Was One of the REITs Marketed Cetera Advisors Network broker Jeffrey Gerard Meyers, an Overland Park, Kansas financial advisor, is named in two pending customer disputes. The claimants are accusing him of making unsuitable investment recommendations involving non-liquid real estate investment trusts (REIT). One of the products…
SEC Investigates Ex-MVP American Securities Broker Mike Shustek Over REIT Investors’ Losses
Ex-Broker Mike Shustek is Accused of Fraudulently Enriching Himself and the Company Michael Vincent Shustek, an ex-MVP American Securities stockbroker and the CEO of a number of real estate investment trusts (REITs) is facing SEC charges. The ex-broker is being accused of enriching himself and The Parking REIT since 2012. …
Florida Retiree Files $500K REIT Arbitration Case Against Securities America
Broker Alan Douglass Unsuitably Overconcentrated Investor’s Funds in Non-Publicly Traded Products An investor based in Lutz, Florida has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Securities America. This investor suffered losses in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other non-publicly traded investments. The claimant, who is a…
Hospitality Investors Trust Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Non-Traded REIT Seeks To Restructure $1.3B in Unsecured Debt If you are an investor whose broker recommended that you invest in Hospitality Investors Trust (HIT), you may have grounds for a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim to recover damages. Hospitality Investors Trust used to be called American Realty…
Brokers May Have Unsuitably Recommended Lodging Fund REIT III
SEC Looks at Reimbursements Made to Legendary Capital REIT III If your financial advisor recommended that you invest in Lodging Fund REIT III and you suffered losses, you may have grounds for a broker fraud claim to recover damages. The publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) disclosed in…
Georgia Retiree Files Non-Traded REIT Fraud Claim Against MML Investors Services
Allegedly Unsuitable Recommendations Caused Senior Investor Loss of Savings A Brunswick, Georgia retiree has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against broker-dealer MML Investors Services, LLC. The investor contends that a broker from the firm overconcentrated his IRA and a non-IRA account in CNL Lifestyle Properties, which…
SSEK Law Firm Investigates Brokerage Firms That Sold New York City REIT to Customers
Investors That Bought NYC Stock When it Was a Non-Traded REIT Hit Especially Hard After NYSE Listing Our real estate investment fraud attorneys (REIT) at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are investigating the broker-dealers and investment advisors that sold New York City REIT (NYC) to…
Not All Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Investors May Have Been Apprised of Risks
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT and REIT II Shares Reportedly Trading Under NAV Price With shares in Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT and Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II reportedly trading privately at lower prices than their net asset value (NAV), some investors may be wondering why they were never…
Ex-Kalos Capital Broker Curtis Whipple Accused of Unsuitability & Misrepresentation Involving UDF IV
Latest FINRA Arbitration Claim Allege REIT Losses A number of investors recently filed a customer complaint against former Kalos Capital broker, Curtis Leroy Whipple, who was with the firm out of Plymouth, Michigan until this year. He faces allegations of unsuitability, misrepresentations, and lack of due diligence related to the…