Many real estate sub niches like office space, apartments, shopping malls and self-storage are available to investors. One that is often overlooked is farmland. After all, only 17% of the available land in the U.S. is dedicated to farming. Like other real estate investments, it has low correlation with standard markets, which provides diversification.
Other benefits of farmland include having multiple streams of income and being an inflation hedge. It’s easier to gain exposure to farmland via Farmland real estate investment trusts (REITs), crowdfunding platforms and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
