NEW YORK, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund (“TI+,” tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX, TIPMX) has paid a first quarter distribution of $0.3435 per share, or 1.3125% for the quarter, based on the share price of $26.17 (A-shares) for shareholders of record as of March 19, 2025, marking the Fund’s 49th consecutive quarterly distribution. This distribution amount represents a tax-equivalent rate of 7.99% and an annualized rate of 5.25%¹ based on the current share price. Since inception in 2012 at a $25 NAV per share, TIPRX has paid approximately $18.87 per share in total distributions to its shareholders. This represents over 75% return on the Fund’s initial shareholders’ principal investment before distribution reinvestment.

“We are proud to have delivered 49 consecutive quarterly distributions, reflecting over 12 years of steady income for our shareholders,” said Jeffrey Schwaber, CEO of Bluerock Capital Markets. “We believe that the powerful cyclical market dynamics emerging in private institutional real estate, coupled with the Fund’s allocation to our highest conviction, high growth sectors, are setting up a strong multi-year bull run. Additionally, we believe that the Fund’s access to alpha-generating special situations real estate investments through our strategic partnership with The Townsend Group, with over $250 billion in advised and managed assets, will be a key differentiated return driver for TI+ in 2025 and the years ahead.”

Since inception, TI+ has delivered on its stated objectives, including generating current income and capital appreciation as well as maintaining low correlation and low volatility relative to the broader markets.

Net assets under management for TI+ are approximately $4.1 billion as of March 19, 2025. TI+ currently maintains positions in 31 private equity and 6 private debt real estate investments, with underlying assets valued at approximately $350 billion (holdings are subject to change at any time and should not be considered investment advice).²

(Actual distribution rate was 5.25% annualized for the most recent period. As of the most recent Section 19a notice, the amount of distribution attributable to return of capital (ROC) was 100%)

For detailed Fund holdings, please visit bluerock.com/ti-fund/investment-holdings

TI+ Fund A-Share & I-Share Net Performance

Returns presented are total net return: Expressed in percentage terms, the calculation of total return is determined by taking the change in price, reinvesting, if applicable, all income and capital gains distributions during the period, and dividing by the starting price. Returns greater than one year are annualized.

¹ The tax-equivalent distribution rate is the rate a fully taxable investment needs in order to equal the after-tax rate on a comparable tax-advantaged investment. The example assumes 37% maximum federal income tax rate and includes the 3.8% Medicare surtax that is applied to the net investment income above certain thresholds. It does not include state taxes. 76% was the calendar year return of capital (“ROC”) and non-dividend distribution portion of distributions in 2024. ROC, for tax purposes, should be distinguished from an economic return of capital, where an investor is repaid out of its own contributions rather than from the economic profits of the investment. As a tax law concept, an ROC is not tied to an investment’s financial performance. ROC distributions reduce the stockholder’s tax basis in the year the dividend is received. The stockholder’s tax basis may be reduced by ROC distributions in the year the distribution is received and generally defer taxes on that portion until the stockholder’s stock is sold via repurchase. Upon repurchase, the investor will calculate their gain by reference to the lower cost basis attributable to the ROC distributions, which gain may be subject to tax at capital gain rates. Actual distribution rate was 5.25% annualized for the period. The Fund’s distribution policy is to make quarterly distributions to shareholders. The level of quarterly distributions (including any return of capital) is not fixed. However, this distribution policy is subject to change. The Fund’s distribution amounts were calculated based on the ordinary income received from the underlying investments, including short-term capital gains realized from the disposition of such investments. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. All or a portion of the distributions consist of a return of capital based on the character of the distributions received from the underlying holdings, primarily Real Estate Investment Trusts. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions will be made after the end of the year. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. There is no assurance that the Company will continue to declare distributions or that they will continue at these rates.
² For detailed Fund holdings, please visit bluerock.com/ti-fund/investment-holdings
³ Inception date of the Fund is October 22, 2012
⁴ The maximum sales charge for the Class A shares is 5.75%. Investors may be eligible for a waiver or a reduction in the sales charge.

The performance data quoted here represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted above. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information current to the most recent month end, please call toll-free 1-844-819-8287. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. 

The total annual fund operating expense ratio, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements, is 3.34% for Class A, 4.07% for Class C, 3.10% for Class I, 3.59% for Class L, and 3.82% for Class M. The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or absorb expenses of the fund, at least until January 31, 2026 for Class A, C, I, L and M shares, to ensure that the net annual fund operating expenses will not exceed 1.95% for Class A, 2.70% for Class C and 1.70% for Class I, 2.20% for Class L and 2.45% for Class M, per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C, Class I, Class L, and Class M shares, respectively, subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years. Please review the Fund’s Prospectus for more detail on the expense waiver. A fund’s performance, especially for very short periods of time, should not be the sole factor in making your investment decisions. Fund performance and distributions are presented net of fees. 

About Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund

The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund offers individual investors access to a portfolio of institutional real estate securities managed by top-ranked fund managers. The Fund seeks to provide a comprehensive real estate holding designed to provide a combination of current income, capital preservation, long-term capital appreciation and enhanced portfolio diversification with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader equity and fixed income markets. The Fund utilizes an exclusive partnership with Mercer Investment Management, Inc., the world’s leading advisor to endowments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices globally, with over 16,000 clients worldwide, and over $16.45 trillion in assets under advisement.

The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund is a closed-end interval fund that invests the majority of its assets in institutional private equity real estate securities that are generally available only to institutional investors capable of meeting the multi-million dollar minimum investment criteria. As of Q4 2024, the value of the underlying real estate held by the securities in which the Fund is invested is approximately $350 billion, including investments managed by Ares, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Prudential, Clarion Partners, Invesco and RREEF, among others. The minimum investment in the Fund is $2,500 ($1,000 for retirement plans) for Class A, C, and L shares and $1,000,000 for Class I shares, subject to waiver.

For copies of TI+ public company filings, please visit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov or the Company’s website at bluerockfunds.com.

Investing in the Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund involves risks, including the loss of principal. The Fund intends to make investments in multiple real estate securities that may subject the Fund to additional fees and expenses, including management and performance fees, which could negatively affect returns and could expose the Fund to additional risk, including lack of control, as further described in the prospectus.

Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund’s quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares outstanding at net asset value. The Fund’s shares have no history of public trading, nor is it intended that they will be listed on a public exchange at this time. No secondary market is expected to develop for the Fund’s shares, liquidity for the Fund’s shares will be provided only through quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares and there is no guarantee that an investor will be able to sell all the shares that the investor desires to sell in the repurchase offer. Since inception, the Fund has made 49 repurchase offers, 36 have resulted in the repurchase of all shares, and 13 have resulted in the repurchase of less than all shares tendered. In connection with the February 2025 repurchase offer, the Fund repurchased 19.97% of all shares tendered. Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. The sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund’s net asset value.

Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained online at bluerockfunds.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund is distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc (ALPS). Bluerock Fund Advisor, LLC is not affiliated with ALPS.

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