Rarely has investment activity on the professional real estate markets been as brisk as it was in 2018. Family offices also rank among the relevant market players and are utilising the current market environment to streamline their real estate portfolios. John Amram, the founder and managing director of HPBA Off-Market Solutions, explains in a guest article why family offices should consider brokered off-market transactions out of the public eye. In addition to a greater degree of discretion and enhanced deal security, off-market models have the benefit for family offices that there are rarely regulatory obstacles which can be encountered with classical institutional investors.