Why might it be argued that corporations do not have a comparative advantage when investing in real estate as a means of diversification from the core business?

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Real estate is defined as something that is related to the buildings or lands. All the properties that are physically present forms real estate in terms of land and buildings. It includes, vacant land or buildings, commercial real estate, industrial as well as residential real estate.

The corporations does not have a comparative advantage when they invest in the real estate by a means of the diversification from its core business. This is because the organizations do not hold the real estate in the large number of the geographical area. They also do not hold a number of different types of the properties. Therefore, they do not tend to diversify from their real estate holdings as the large institutional investor who hold a more diversified and a larger portfolio.

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