REITs: Choose Your Path

This student-created REIT would specialize in acquiring underused or abandoned properties and converting them into sustainable coworking spaces, urban gardens, or affordable housing. Investors earn returns through rent and appreciation while helping their communities thrive.

Common Ground reit

EduREITs is a subscription-based educational company that partners with schools to offer REIT simulation kits, videos, and real-world investing case studies. Schools get classroom-ready content, and students get access to a “practice investing” platform that mirrors real REIT data.

EduREITs

SolarSpace REIT would lease rooftops or land from property owners and install solar panels, generating income through energy production and rent agreements. Investors earn dividends from energy profits while reducing carbon emissions—linking renewable energy with real estate investment returns.

Solar Space REIT

GreenGrow is an educational app that gamifies REIT investing. Users learn about energy-efficient properties, renewable infrastructure, and community-focused developments through interactive quizzes and challenges. The app gives REITs a “Green Score” based on environmental performance, allowing users to build a simulated impact portfolio and track growth over time.

Green Grow app

Students design an AR app or website where users can point their phone at buildings (like hospitals, apartments, or data centers) to see which REITs own them, what social impact they have, and how those investments support communities. The app makes investing feel tangible, showing that “you already walk past REITs every day.”

REIT Reality Explorer (AR Experience)

A student-designed dashboard that pulls public sustainability data from REITs (like renewable energy usage, affordable housing units, etc.). It lets users compare REITs based on profit and purpose—helping investors choose companies that align with their values.

Impact Tracker Dashboard

A series of social media videos, posts, and infographics featuring real REIT projects—like healthcare facilities or renewable energy properties—told through the people they help. The campaign uses storytelling, short-form videos, and the hashtag #InvestInImpact to humanize financial investing.

#InvestInImpact Campaign

Students create a video series where each episode follows a different REIT-backed property (like a solar-powered warehouse or an affordable apartment complex). Interviews with tenants or local workers reveal how these investments improve daily life. The tagline: “The best returns are real ones.”

“Real Returns” YouTube Mini-Series

A nationwide campaign that invites students to identify one property or issue in their town that could be improved through a REIT model—like turning a vacant lot into mixed-income housing. Students post short pitches showing their idea and tag #MyMoneyMyCommunity, spreading awareness of responsible investing and local change.

The “My Money, My Community” Challenge