As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2013

Registration No. 333-153135

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO

FORM S-11

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Heron Tower, 70 East 55 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 843-1601

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant’s principal executive offices)

R. Ramin Kamfar
Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc.
Heron Tower, 70 East 55 ^th Street, 9 ^th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(877) 826-2583

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Richard P. Cunningham, Jr., Esq.

Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC

7 East 2 ^nd Street

Richmond, Virginia 23224

(804) 525-1795

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of the registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box: x

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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check One):

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 consists of the following:

1.        The Registrant’s final form of prospectus dated April 25, 2012.

2.        Cumulative Supplement No.14 dated January 17, 2013 to the Registrant’s prospectus dated April 25, 2012, which supersedes all prior supplements and which will be delivered as an unattached document along with the prospectus.

3.        Part II, included herewith.

4.        Signature, included herewith.

The Registrant hereby amends this post-effective amendment to the above referenced registration statement (file no. 333-153135) on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this post-effective amendment shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the post-effective amendment shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS

An investment in our common stock is suitable only for persons who have adequate financial means and desire a long-term investment. We have established suitability standards for initial stockholders and subsequent purchasers of our shares to help ensure, given the high degree of risk, the long-term nature, and the relative illiquidity of an investment in our shares, that shares of our common stock are an appropriate investment for investors in this offering. Our suitability standards require that a purchaser of our shares have either:

• a net worth of at least $250,000; or

• a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000.

The following states have established suitability standards in addition to or that are different from those set forth above. In the following states, we will only sell shares to those investors who meet the standards set forth below:

Alabama — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, investors must have a liquid net worth of at least 10 times their investment in us and similar programs.

California — Investors must have either (1) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (2) a gross annual income of at least $75,000 and a net worth of at least $100,000. In addition, investors may not invest more than 10% of their net worth in us.

Iowa — Investors must have either (1) a net worth of $350,000 or (2) a gross annual income of $70,000 and a net worth of at least $100,000. In addition, investors may not invest more than 10% of their net worth in us or in any of our affiliates.

Kansas — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, it is recommended by the office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner that investors not invest, in the aggregate, more than 10% of their liquid net worth in this and similar direct participation investments. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth that consists of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.

Kentucky — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, investors may not invest more than 10% of their net worth in us.

Michigan — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, investors may not invest more than 10% of their net worth in us or in any of our affiliates.

Missouri — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, investors may not invest more than 10% of their liquid net worth in us.

Ohio — In addition to the suitability standards set forth above, investors may not invest more than 10% of their liquid net worth in us or in any of our affiliates.

Oregon — In addition to the suitability requirements set forth above, investors may not invest more than 10% of their liquid net worth in us. Oregon defines “liquid net worth” as the remaining balance of cash and other assets easily converted to cash after subtracting an investor’s total liabilities from total assets.

New Jersey and Tennessee — Investors must have either (1) a net worth of at least $500,000, or (2) a gross annual income of at least $100,000 and a net worth of at least $100,000. In addition, investors may not invest more than 10% of their liquid net worth in us.

For purposes of determining suitability of an investor, net worth in all cases referenced above should be calculated excluding the value of an investor’s home, furnishings and automobiles.

In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, these suitability standards must be met by one of the following: (1) the fiduciary account, (2) the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the shares or (3) the beneficiary of the account.

We, our sponsor, Bluerock Real Estate L.L.C., and each person selling common stock on our behalf are required to make reasonable efforts to determine that the purchase of our common stock is a suitable and appropriate investment for each stockholder in light of such person’s age, educational level, knowledge of investments, financial means and other pertinent factors. Our dealer manager and each person selling shares on our behalf must maintain records for at least six years of the information used to determine that an investment in our common stock is suitable and appropriate for each investor. Our dealer manager’s agreements with the participating broker-dealers require such broker-dealers to make inquiries diligently as required by law of all prospective investors in order to ascertain whether an investment in us is a suitable investment.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

Investors seeking to purchase shares of our common stock should proceed as follows:

In general, the minimum initial investment for purchases of shares of our common stock is $2,500, except Tennessee residents must invest at least $5,000. For purposes of satisfying the minimum investment requirement for retirement plans, unless otherwise prohibited by state law, a husband and wife may jointly contribute funds from their separate IRAs provided that each such contribution is made in increments of at least $500. An investment in our shares will not, in itself, create a retirement plan for you and, in order to create a retirement plan, you must comply with all applicable provisions of the federal income tax laws. After your initial purchase, any additional investments must be made in increments of at least $100, except for purchases of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan, which may be in lesser amounts.

By signing the subscription agreement, you represent and warrant to us that you have received a copy of this prospectus, that you meet the minimum net worth and annual gross income requirements imposed by your state and, if applicable, that you will comply with all federal and state law requirements with respect to resale of our shares of common stock. We rely on the representations and warranties made by you to help ensure that you are fully informed about an investment in our shares and that we adhere to our suitability standards regarding your investment. By making those representations and warranties to us, you will not waive any rights that you may have under federal or state securities laws.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS OFFERING

Below we have provided some of the more frequently asked questions and answers relating to our offering. Please see the remainder of this prospectus for more detailed information about this offering.

We intend to implement our advisor’s Enhanced Multifamily strategy at our apartment properties, which we believe can create a sustainable competitive advantage and allow us to achieve long-term value enhancement at the apartment properties we acquire.

Our board of directors has adopted a share repurchase plan that permits you to sell your shares back to us, subject to conditions and limitations of the program. Our board of directors can amend the provisions of our share repurchase plan at any time without the approval of our stockholders.

Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc.

c/o Bluerock Real Estate, L.L.C.

Heron Tower, 70 East 55 ^th Street

New York, New York 10022

(877) 826-BLUE (2583)

RISK FACTORS

Before you invest in our common stock, you should be aware that your investment is subject to various risks, including those described below. You should carefully consider these risks together with all of the other information included in this prospectus before you decide to purchase any shares of our common stock.

Investment Risks

No current public trading market exists for our stock, therefore, it may be difficult for you to sell your stock. If you sell your stock, it may be at a substantial discount.

No current public market exists for our stock and we can provide no assurances that a public market will ever exist for our stock. Our charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our stock, and these restrictions may inhibit your ability to sell your stock. Our charter contains a restriction on ownership of our shares that generally prevents any one person from owning more than 9.8% in value of our outstanding shares of stock and more than 9.8% in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding shares of common stock, unless otherwise excepted by our board of directors or charter. We have adopted a share repurchase plan, however it is limited in terms of the number of shares of stock which may be repurchased annually. Our board of directors may also limit, suspend or terminate our share repurchase plan at any time.

In addition, it may be difficult for you to sell your stock promptly or at all. If you are able to sell your shares of stock, you may only be able to sell them at a substantial discount from the price you paid. This may be the result, in part, of the fact that the amount of funds available for investment is expected to be reduced by selling commissions, dealer manager fees, organization and offering expenses, and acquisition and origination fees and expenses. If our offering expenses are higher than we anticipate, we will have a smaller amount available for investment. You should consider our stock as an illiquid investment, and you must be prepared to hold your stock for an indefinite period of time. Please see “Description of Capital Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” for a more complete discussion on certain restrictions regarding your ability to transfer your stock.

We have arbitrarily established the per share offering prices and the offering price may not reflect the true value of the shares; therefore, investors may be paying more for a share than the share is actually worth.

If we listed our shares on a national securities exchange, the share price might drop below our stockholder’s original investment. Neither prospective investors nor stockholders should assume that the per share price reflects the intrinsic or realizable value of our shares or otherwise reflects our value, earnings or other objective measures of worth. See “Plan of Distribution.”

We have experienced losses in the past, and we may experience similar losses in the future. 

From inception through December 31, 2011, we had a cumulative net loss of $7,061,122.  Our losses can be attributed, in part, to the initial start-up costs and operating expenses incurred prior to purchasing properties or making other investments that generate revenue.  In addition, acquisition costs and depreciation and amortization expenses substantially reduced our income. For the reasons described above, we cannot assure you that, in the future, we will be profitable or that we will realize growth in the value of our assets.

Our lack of prior operating history makes it difficult for you to evaluate this investment.

We and our advisor are recently formed entities with no prior operating history and may not be able to successfully operate our business or achieve our investment objectives. The past performance of other real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor may not be indicative of the performance we will achieve. We may not be able to conduct our business as described in our plan of operation.

We have paid and may continue to pay distributions from offering proceeds, borrowings or the sale of assets to the extent our cash flow from operations or earnings are not sufficient to fund declared distributions. Rates of distribution to you will not necessarily be indicative of our operating results. If we make distributions from sources other than our cash flows from operations or earnings, we will have fewer funds available for the acquisition of properties and your overall return may be reduced.

Our organizational documents permit us to make distributions from any source, including the net proceeds from this offering. During the early stages of our operations until the proceeds of this offering are invested in real estate and real estate-related investments, we have funded and expect to continue to fund distributions from the proceeds of this offering and borrowings. Thereafter, we may pay distributions from proceeds of this offering, borrowings and the sale of assets to the extent distributions exceed our earnings or cash flows from operations. For the year ended December 31, 2011, none (or 0%) of our distributions paid during that period were covered by our cash flow from operations or our funds from operations for that same period. To the extent we fund distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, we will have fewer funds available for the acquisition of properties and your overall return may be reduced. Further, to the extent distributions exceed our earnings and profits, a stockholder’s basis in our stock will be reduced and, to the extent distributions exceed a stockholder’s basis, the stockholder will be required to recognize capital gain.

This is a blind pool offering, therefore you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them and we may make real estate investments that would have changed your decision as to whether to invest in our common stock.

Other than as described in a supplement to this prospectus, we have not acquired any properties or made any other investments, nor have we identified or contracted any probable investments. We are not able to provide you with information to evaluate our investments prior to acquisition. We will seek to invest substantially all of the offering proceeds available for investment, after the payment of fees and expenses, in the acquisition of real estate and real estate-related investments. We have established criteria for evaluating potential investments. See “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies.” However, you will be unable to evaluate the transaction terms, location, and financial or operational data concerning the investments before we invest in them. Except for any investments that may be described in a supplement to this prospectus, you will have no opportunity to evaluate the terms of transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our investments prior to our investment. You will be relying entirely on the ability of our advisor to identify suitable investments and propose transactions for our board of directors to oversee and approve. These factors increase the risk that we may not generate the returns that you seek by investing in our shares.

We differ from prior programs sponsored by Bluerock in a number of respects, and therefore the past performance of those programs may not be indicative of our future results.

The past performance of other investment programs sponsored by Bluerock may not be indicative of our future results, and we may not be able to successfully implement and operate our business, which is different in a number of respects from the operations of those programs. As our portfolio is unlikely to resemble the portfolios of the prior Bluerock programs, the returns to our stockholders will vary from those generated by prior programs. We are the first publicly-offered investment program sponsored by Bluerock or any of its affiliates. Therefore, the prior Bluerock programs, which were conducted through privately-held entities, were not subject to the up-front commissions, fees and expenses associated with this offering or to many of the laws and regulations to which we are subject. Bluerock has no experience operating a REIT or any other publicly-offered investment program. As a result of all these factors, you should not assume that you will experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in the prior programs sponsored by Bluerock or its affiliates.

Because we will continue to sell shares at a fixed price during the course of this offering and, at the same time, will be acquiring real estate and real estate-related investments with the proceeds of the offering, if you purchase shares after we raise the minimum offering, which we did as of May 2010, you will experience dilution to the extent that future shares are issued when and if the value of our underlying net assets exceeds the price you paid for your shares in the offering.

Under the terms of this offering, we will sell shares of our common stock at a fixed price of $10.00 per share. We may continue selling shares at $10.00 per share for the duration of this offering or until the maximum offering is sold. During such time, we may acquire real estate or real estate-related investments. Any future issuances of our shares, including any shares issued in connection with a follow-on offering, will have a dilutive effect on the earlier purchasers of our common stock to the extent that at the time of such future issuances, the value of our underlying net assets exceeds the price they paid for their shares.

As of the date of this prospectus we have raised approximately $14.1 million in primary offering proceeds in this offering, which commenced on October 15, 2009. In addition, from November 17, 2010 until March 2, 2011, we suspended this offering in order to restate certain of our financial statements. If the rate at which we raise offering proceeds does not improve significantly, our general and administrative costs may remain higher relative to the size of our portfolio and our portfolio may not be as diversified as it would be otherwise.

This offering is being made on a “best efforts” basis whereby the participating broker-dealers are only required to use their best efforts to sell our shares and have no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of our common stock. We commenced this offering on October 15, 2009 and as of the date of this prospectus we have raised approximately $14.1 million in primary offering proceeds. In addition, from November 17, 2010 until March 2, 2011, we suspended this offering while we amended and restated our previously issued financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the periods ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010. If the rate at which we raise offering proceeds does not improve significantly, our general and administrative costs may remain higher relative to the size of our portfolio, and our net income and the distributions we make to stockholders would be reduced. In addition, we will be limited in our ability to make additional investments resulting in less diversification in terms of the number of investments owned and the geographic regions in which our investments are located. In that case, the likelihood that any single property’s performance would materially reduce our overall profitability will increase. Moreover, we cannot predict the impact of the restatement on our ability to increase sales.

We have restated our financials statements for certain periods, which subjected us to significant cost and a number of additional risks and uncertainties, including increased costs for accounting and legal fees and the increased possibility of legal proceedings.

On November 11, 2010, the audit committee of our board of directors determined that our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our unaudited interim financial statements for the periods ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 should no longer be relied upon because certain adjustments to our accounting methods regarding business combinations and investments in unconsolidated entities were necessary. As a result of such determination we filed an amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A to correct the errors identified. These restatements resulted in substantial unanticipated costs in the form of accounting, legal fees, and similar professional fees, in addition to the substantial diversion of time and attention of our Chief Financial Officer and members of our accounting team in preparing the restatements. Although the restatement is complete, we can give no assurances that we will not incur additional costs associated with the restatements.

In addition, we may be subject to legal claims by current stockholders, regulators or others as a result of the offer and sale of shares of our common stock in this offering using incorrect financial statements. If such events occur, we may incur defense costs regardless of the outcome of these actions and insurance may not be sufficient to cover the losses we may incur. Likewise, such events might cause a further diversion of our management’s time and attention. If we do not prevail in one or more of these potential actions, we could be required to pay damages or settlement costs, which could be substantial relative to the current state of our company.

The cash distributions you receive may be less frequent or lower in amount than you expect.

Our directors determine the amount and timing of distributions. Our directors consider all relevant factors, including the amount of cash available for distribution, capital expenditure and reserve requirements and general operational requirements. We cannot assure you how long it may take to generate sufficient available cash flow to make distributions nor can we assure you that sufficient cash will be available to make distributions to you. We may borrow funds, return capital or sell assets to make distributions. With no prior operations, we cannot predict the amount of distributions you may receive. We may be unable to pay or maintain cash distributions or increase distributions over time.

Also, because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions paid may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period. The amount of cash available for distributions will be affected by many factors, such as our ability to acquire properties and real estate-related investments as offering proceeds become available, the income from those investments and yields on securities of other real estate companies that we invest in, as well as our operating expense levels and many other variables. Further, if the aggregate amount of cash distributed in any given year exceeds the amount of our “REIT taxable income” generated during the year, the excess amount will either be (1) a return of capital or (2) gain from the sale or exchange of property to the extent that a stockholder’s basis in our common stock equals or is reduced to zero as the result of our current or prior year distributions. For further information regarding the tax consequences in the event we make distributions other than from funds from operations, please see “Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.” In addition, to the extent we make distributions to stockholders with sources other than cash flow from operations, the amount of cash that is available for investment in real estate assets will be reduced, which will in turn negatively impact our ability to achieve our investment objectives and limit our ability to make future distributions.

The properties we acquire or develop may not produce the cash flow that we expect in order to meet our REIT minimum distribution requirements. We may decide to borrow funds to meet the REIT minimum distribution requirements, which could adversely affect our overall financial performance.

We may decide to borrow funds in order to meet the REIT minimum distribution requirements even if our management believes that the then prevailing market conditions generally are not favorable for such borrowings or that such borrowings would not be advisable in the absence of such tax considerations. If we borrow money to meet the REIT minimum distribution requirement or for other working capital needs, our expenses will increase, our net income will be reduced by the amount of interest we pay on the money we borrow and we will be obligated to repay the money we borrow from future earnings or by selling assets, which may decrease future distributions to stockholders.

The inability of our advisor to retain or obtain key personnel, property managers and leasing agents could delay or hinder implementation of our investment strategies, which could impair our ability to make distributions and could reduce the value of your investment.

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of Messrs. Kamfar, Babb and Ruddy, executive officers of us and our advisor. Neither we nor our advisor have employment agreements with any of these executive officers nor do we currently have key man life insurance on any of these key personnel. If either of Messrs. Kamfar, Babb and Ruddy were to cease their affiliation with us or our advisor, our advisor may be unable to find suitable replacements, and our operating results could suffer. We believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon our advisor’s, property managers’ and leasing agents’ ability to hire and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing personnel. Competition for highly skilled personnel is intense, and our advisor and any property managers we retain may be unsuccessful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If we lose or are unable to obtain the services of highly skilled personnel, property managers or leasing agents, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and the value of your investment may decline.

We rely on Bluerock Capital Markets to sell our shares of common stock pursuant to this offering. If Bluerock Capital Markets is not able to market our shares effectively, we may be unable to raise sufficient proceeds to meet our business objectives.

We have engaged Bluerock Capital Markets to act as our dealer manager for this offering, and we rely on Bluerock Capital Markets to use its best efforts to sell the shares offered hereby. Although our sponsor is an affiliate of our dealer manager, it does not control our dealer manager’s day-to-day capital-raising efforts and we have no assurance that our dealer manager’s capital-raising efforts will be successful. It would also be challenging and disruptive to locate an alternative dealer manager for this offering. Without improved capital raising, our portfolio will be smaller relative to our general and administrative costs and less diversified than it otherwise would be, which could adversely affect the value of your investment in us.

If we internalize our management functions, the percentage of our outstanding common stock owned by our other stockholders could be reduced, and we could incur other significant costs associated with being self-managed.

At some point in the future, our board of directors may consider internalizing the functions performed for us by acquiring our advisor’s assets. The method by which we could internalize these functions could take many forms. There is no assurance that internalizing our management functions will be beneficial to us and our stockholders and could result in dilution of your interests as a stockholder and could reduce earnings per share and funds from operation per share. For example, we may not realize the perceived benefits or we may not be able to properly integrate a new staff of managers and employees or we may not be able to effectively replicate the services provided previously by our advisor, property manager or their affiliates. Internalization transactions involving the acquisition of advisors or property managers affiliated with entity sponsors have also, in some cases, been the subject of litigation. Even if these claims are without merit, we could be forced to spend significant amounts of money defending claims which would reduce the amount of funds available for us to invest in properties or other investments to pay distributions. All these factors could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay distributions.

Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure

A limit on the percentage of our securities a person may own may discourage a takeover or business combination, which could prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium price for their stock.

Our charter restricts direct or indirect ownership by one person or entity to no more than 9.8% in value of the outstanding shares of our stock and 9.8% in number of shares or value, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock unless exempted by our board of directors. This restriction may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price to our stockholders.

Our charter permits our board of directors to issue stock with terms that may subordinate the rights of our common stockholders or discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that could result in a premium price to our stockholders.

Our board of directors may increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have authority to issue and classify or reclassify any unissued common stock or preferred stock and establish the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption of any such stock. If also approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access at our expense to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions that could have priority as to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation over the rights of the holders of our common stock. Such preferred stock could also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price to holders of our common stock. See “Description of Capital Stock — Preferred Stock.”

Because we are dependent upon our advisor and its affiliates to conduct our operations, any adverse changes in the financial health of our advisor or its affiliates or our relationship with them could hinder our operating performance and the return on your investment.

We are dependent on our advisor and its affiliates to manage our operations and acquire and manage our portfolio of real estate assets. Under the direction of our board of directors our advisor makes all decisions with respect to the management of our company. Our advisor has no operating history and no experience operating a public company. It depends upon the fees and other compensation that it receives from us in connection with the purchase, management and sale of our properties to conduct its operations. Any adverse changes in the financial condition of our advisor or property manager or our relationship with our advisor or property manager could hinder its ability to successfully manage our operations and our portfolio of investments.

You will have limited control over changes in our policies and day-to-day operations, which limited control increases the uncertainty and risks you face as a stockholder. In addition, our board of directors may change our major operational policies without your approval.

Our board of directors determines our major policies, including our policies regarding financing, growth, debt capitalization, REIT qualification and distributions. Our board of directors may amend or revise these and other policies without a vote of the stockholders. Under Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter, our stockholders have a right to vote only on limited matters. See “Important Provisions of Maryland Corporate Law and Our Charter and Bylaws.”

Our advisor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our company and the selection and management of investments and has broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, you should not purchase shares of our common stock unless you are willing to entrust all aspects of the day-to-day management and the selection and management of investments to our advisor, who will manage our company in accordance with the advisory agreement. In addition, our advisor may retain independent contractors to provide various services for our company, and you should note that such contractors will have no fiduciary duty to you or the other stockholders and may not perform as expected or desired.

Your investment will be diluted upon conversion of the convertible stock.

Our advisor has been issued 1,000 shares of our convertible stock. Under certain circumstances, each outstanding share of our convertible stock may be converted into shares of our common stock, which will have a dilutive effect to our stockholders. Our convertible stock will be converted into shares of common stock if (1) we have made total distributions on the then outstanding shares of our common stock equal to the price paid for those shares plus an 8% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on that price or (2) we list our common stock for trading on a national securities exchange (for this purpose, “listing” would also include a merger transaction whereby holders of our common stock receive cash and/or listed securities of another issuer). Upon the occurrence of any of these events, each share of convertible stock will be converted into shares of our common stock with a value equal to 15% of the excess of (i) our enterprise value plus the aggregate value of the distributions paid to date on the then outstanding shares over (ii) the aggregate purchase price paid by stockholders for those outstanding shares plus an 8% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on that price. See “Description of Capital Stock — Convertible Stock.”

The conversion of the convertible stock held by our advisor due upon termination of the advisory agreement and the voting rights granted to the holder of our convertible stock, may discourage a takeover attempt or prevent us from effecting a merger that would otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

If we engage in a merger in which we are not the surviving entity or our advisory agreement is terminated without cause, our advisor and its affiliates may be entitled to conversion of the convertible stock. The existence of this convertible stock may deter a prospective acquirer from bidding on our company, which may limit the opportunity for stockholders to receive a premium for their stock that might otherwise exist if an investor attempted to acquire us through a merger.

The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of convertible stock, voting as a separate class, will be required (1) for any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of our charter that materially and adversely changes the rights of the holders of the convertible stock and (2) to effect a merger of our company into another entity, or a merger of another entity into our company, unless in each case each share of convertible stock (A) will remain outstanding without a material and adverse change to its terms and rights or (B) will be converted into or exchanged for shares of stock or other ownership interest of the surviving entity having rights identical to that of our convertible stock. In the event that we propose to merge with or into another entity, including another REIT, our advisor could, by exercising these voting rights, determine whether or not we are able to complete the proposed transaction. By voting against a proposed merger, our advisor could prevent us from effecting the merger, even if the merger otherwise would have been in the best interests of our stockholders.

If we sell substantially less than all of the shares we are offering, the costs we incur to comply with the rules of the SEC regarding internal controls over financial reporting and other fixed costs will be a larger percentage of our net income and will reduce the return on your investment.

We expect to incur significant costs in establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over our financial reporting for the company and that our management will spend a significant amount of time assessing the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We do not anticipate that these costs or the amount of time our management will be required to spend will be significantly less if we sell substantially less than all of the shares we are offering.

Your rights as stockholders and our rights to recover claims against our officers, directors and advisor directors are limited.

Under Maryland law, our charter and under the terms of certain indemnification agreements with our directors, we may generally indemnify our directors, our advisor and their respective affiliates for any losses or liability suffered by any of them and hold these persons or entities harmless for any loss or liability suffered by us as long as: (1) these persons or entities have determined in good faith that the loss or liability was in our best interest; (2) these persons or entities were acting on our behalf or performing services for us; (3) the loss or liability was not the result of the negligence or misconduct of the directors (or, with respect to the independent directors, gross negligence or willful misconduct), the advisor or their respective affiliates or (4) the indemnity or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. As a result, we and our stockholders may have more limited rights against our directors, officers, employees and agents, and our advisor and its affiliates, than might otherwise exist under common law. In addition, we may be obligated to fund the defense costs incurred by our directors, officers, employees and agents or our advisor in some cases.

You may not be able to sell your stock under the share repurchase plan.

Our board of directors could choose to amend the terms of our share repurchase plan without stockholder approval. Our board is also free to amend or terminate the plan at any time. Therefore, in making a decision to purchase shares, you should not assume that you will be able to sell any of your shares back to us pursuant to our share repurchase plan. If our board terminates our share repurchase plan, you may not be able to sell your shares even if you deem it necessary or desirable to do so. In addition, the share repurchase plan includes numerous restrictions that would limit your ability to sell your stock. If you are able to resell your shares to us pursuant to our share repurchase plan, you will likely receive substantially less than the amount paid to acquire the shares from us or the fair market value of your shares, depending upon how long you owned the shares. See “Share Repurchase Plan.”

If we do not successfully implement our listing or liquidation policy, you may have to hold your investment for an indefinite period.

Though we presently intend to complete a transaction providing liquidity to stockholders within four to six years from the completion of our offering stage, our charter does not require our board of directors to pursue such a liquidity event. We cannot predict the exact date by which we will complete a liquidity event, as market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange or delay the commencement of our liquidation beyond six years from the termination of our offering stage. If our board of directors does determine to pursue our liquidation policy, we would be under no obligation to conclude the process within a set time. The timing of the sale of assets will depend on real estate and financial markets, economic conditions in the areas in which properties are located, and federal income tax effects on stockholders, that may prevail in the future. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to liquidate all assets. After we adopt a plan of liquidation, we would remain in existence until all properties and assets are liquidated. If we do not pursue a liquidity event, or delay such an event due to market conditions, your shares may continue to be illiquid and you may, for an indefinite period of time, be unable to convert your investment to cash easily and could suffer losses on your investment.

Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest

Our advisor, our executive officers and their affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of properties, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could limit our investment opportunities, impair our ability to make distributions and reduce the value of your investment.

We rely on our advisor to identify suitable investment opportunities. We may be buying properties at the same time as other entities that are affiliated with or sponsored by our advisor. Other programs sponsored by our advisor or its affiliates also rely on our advisor, our executive officers and their affiliates for investment opportunities. Bluerock has sponsored privately offered real estate programs and may in the future sponsor privately and publicly offered real estate programs that have investment objectives similar to ours. Therefore, our advisor and its affiliates could be subject to conflicts of interest between our company and other real estate programs. Many investment opportunities would be suitable for us as well as other programs. Our advisor could direct attractive investment opportunities or tenants to other entities. Such events could result in our investing in properties that provide less attractive returns or getting less attractive tenants, thus reducing the level of distributions which we may be able to pay to you and the value of your investment. See “Conflicts of Interest.”

If we acquire properties from affiliates of our advisor, the price may be higher than we would pay if the transaction was the result of arm’s-length negotiations.

The prices we pay to affiliates of our advisor for our properties will be equal to the prices paid by them, plus the costs incurred by them relating to the acquisition and financing of the properties or if the price to us is in excess of such cost, substantial justification for such excess must exist and such excess must be reasonable and consistent with current market conditions as determined by a majority of our independent directors. Substantial justification for a higher price could result from improvements to a property by the affiliate of our advisor or increases in market value of the property during the period of time the property is owned by the affiliates of our advisor as evidenced by an appraisal of the property. In no event will we acquire property from an affiliate at an amount in excess of its current appraised value as determined by an independent expert selected by our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction. An appraisal is “current” if obtained within the prior year. These prices will not be the subject of arm’s-length negotiations, which could mean that the acquisitions may be on terms less favorable to us than those negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction. Even though we will use an independent third-party appraiser to determine fair market value when acquiring properties from our advisor and its affiliates, we may pay more for particular properties than we would have in an arm’s-length transaction, which would reduce our cash available for investment in other properties or distribution to our stockholders. In the event that we acquire a property from our advisor or its affiliates such purchases will be limited, in the aggregate, to no more than 25% of the total proceeds raised in this offering as of the date of the transaction.

Payment of fees to our advisor and its affiliates will reduce cash available for investment and distribution.

Our advisor and its affiliates perform services for us in connection with the selection and acquisition of our properties and other investments, and possibly the development, management and leasing of our properties. They are paid significant fees for these services, which reduces the amount of cash available for investment and for distribution to stockholders. The fees to be paid to our advisor and its affiliates were not determined on an arm’s-length basis. We cannot assure you that a third-party unaffiliated with our advisor would not be willing to provide such services to us at a lower price. If the maximum offering amount is raised (including shares of stock issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), we estimate that 10.66% of the gross proceeds of this offering will be paid to our advisor, its affiliates and third parties for up-front fees and expenses associated with the offer and sale of our stock and the acquisition of our assets, including estimated acquisition and origination fees of 1.75% of the cost of assets. The expenses we actually incur in connection with the offer and sale of our stock, excluding acquisition and origination fees and expenses, may exceed the amount we expect to incur .

These fees increase the risk that the amount available for payment of distributions to our stockholders upon a liquidation of our portfolio would be less than the purchase price of the shares of stock in this offering. Substantial up-front fees also increase the risk that you will not be able to resell your shares of stock at a profit, even if our stock is listed on a national securities exchange. See “Management Compensation.”

Our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates, including our officers, some of whom are also directors, face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and other programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor, including Bluerock, which could result in actions that are not in the long-term best interests of our stockholders.

Our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates receive substantial fees from us. These fees could influence our advisor’s advice to us, as well as the judgment of the affiliates of our advisor who serve as our officers, some of whom are also our directors. Among other matters, the compensation arrangements could affect their judgment with respect to property acquisitions from, or the making of investments in, other programs sponsored by Bluerock, which might entitle affiliates of our advisor to disposition fees and other possible fees in connection with its services for the seller.

Considerations relating to their compensation from other programs could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our stockholders, which could hurt our ability to make distributions to you or result in a decline in the value of your investment.

If the competing demands for the time of our advisor, its affiliates and our officers result in them spending insufficient time on our business, we may miss investment opportunities or have less efficient operations, which could reduce our profitability and result in lower distributions to you.

We do not have any employees. We rely on the employees of our advisor and its affiliates for the day-to-day operation of our business. The amount of time that our advisor and its affiliates spend on our business will vary from time to time and is expected to be more while we are raising money and acquiring properties. Our advisor and its affiliates, including our officers, have interests in other programs and engage in other business activities. As a result, they will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other programs and activities in which they are involved. Because these persons have competing interests on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. During times of intense activity in other programs and ventures, they may devote less time and fewer resources to our business than are necessary or appropriate to manage our business. We expect that as our real estate activities expand, our advisor will attempt to hire additional employees who would devote substantially all of their time to our business. There is no assurance that our advisor will devote adequate time to our business. If our advisor suffers or is distracted by adverse financial or operational problems in connection with its operations unrelated to us, it may allocate less time and resources to our operations. If any of these things occur, the returns on our investments, our ability to make distributions to stockholders and the value of your investment may suffer. See “Conflicts of Interest.”

Because other real estate programs offered through Bluerock Capital Markets are conducting offerings concurrently with our offering, Bluerock Capital Markets may face potential conflicts of interest arising from competition among us and these other programs for investors and investment capital, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor.

Bluerock Capital Markets, our dealer manager, also acts as the dealer manager for the private offerings of other Bluerock-sponsored real estate programs. These private offerings may be raising capital in their respective private offerings concurrently with our offering. In addition, other Bluerock-sponsored programs may seek to raise capital through public or private offerings conducted concurrently with our offering. As a result, Bluerock Capital Markets may face conflicts of interest arising from potential competition with these other programs for investors and investment capital. Such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, and you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making your investment.

Because Bluerock Capital Markets is one of our affiliates, you will not have the benefit of an independent due diligence review of us, which is customarily performed in underwritten offerings; the absence of an independent due diligence review increases the risks and uncertainty you face as a stockholder.

Bluerock Capital Markets, our dealer manager, is one of our affiliates. Because Bluerock Capital Markets is an affiliate, its due diligence review and investigation of us and the prospectus cannot be considered to be an independent review. Therefore, you do not have the benefit of an independent review and investigation of this offering of the type normally performed by an unaffiliated, independent underwriter in a public securities offering.

Risks Related to Our Transition of Dealer Managers

The No Objections Letter issued by FINRA to Bluerock Capital Markets to act as our dealer manager contains a qualification for the resolution of excess underwriting compensation issues relating to our former dealer manager, which could adversely affect our capital-raising efforts.

As required by the rules of FINRA, total underwriting compensation paid in connection with this offering cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of our gross proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in the primary offering.  Payments made by our advisor’s affiliates and us to Select Capital Corporation, our former dealer manager, exceeded this underwriting compensation limit during Select’s term as our dealer manager.  Bluerock Capital Markets received a No Objections Letter (“NOL”) to act as our dealer manager for this offering in July 2011 and, as of that time, FINRA had not resolved this excess compensation issue and placed a qualification in the NOL that would allow FINRA to impose further requirements or restrictions on Bluerock Capital Markets serving as our dealer manager, including imposing restrictions on the nature, amount or other terms of the underwriting compensation paid in connection with this offering or any future offering.  Such requirements or restrictions could require us to further suspend our offering until FINRA is satisfied that its conditions have been addressed, which would likely have an adverse effect on our capital-raising efforts.

General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate

Our operating results may be affected by economic conditions that have an adverse impact on the real estate market in general, and may cause us to be unable to realize appreciation in the value of our properties.

Our operating results will be subject to risks generally associated with the ownership of real estate, including, but not limited to changes in general economic conditions, changes in interest rates and the availability of mortgage funds that may make the sale a of property difficult.

Although we intend to hold our real estate and related investments until such a time as our advisor determines that a sale or other disposition appears to be advantageous to our overall investment objectives, we cannot predict the various market conditions affecting real estate investments that will exist at any particular time in the future. Because of this uncertainty, we cannot assure you that we will realize any appreciation in the value of our real estate properties.

Competition from other apartment properties for tenants could reduce our profitability and the return on your investment.

The apartment property industry is highly competitive. This competition could reduce occupancy levels and revenues at our apartment properties, which would adversely affect our operations. We expect to face competition from many sources. We will face competition from other apartment communities both in the immediate vicinity and in the larger geographic market where our apartment communities will be located. Overbuilding of apartment properties may occur. If so, this will increase the number of apartment units available and may decrease occupancy and apartment rental rates. In addition, increases in operating costs due to inflation may not be offset by increased apartment rental rates.

Increased competition and increased affordability of single-family homes could limit our ability to retain residents, lease apartment units or increase or maintain rents.

Any apartment properties we may acquire will most likely compete with numerous housing alternatives in attracting residents, including single-family homes, as well as owner-occupied single and multifamily homes available to rent. Competitive housing in a particular area and the increasing affordability of owner occupied single and multifamily homes available to rent or buy caused by declining mortgage interest rates and government programs to promote home ownership could adversely affect our ability to retain our residents, lease apartment units and increase or maintain rental rates.

Increased construction of similar properties that compete with our properties in any particular location could adversely affect the operating results of our properties and our cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

We may acquire properties in locations which experience increases in construction of properties that compete with our properties. This increased competition and construction could:

We compete with numerous other parties or entities for real estate assets and tenants and may not compete successfully.

We compete with numerous other persons or entities engaged in real estate investment activities, many of which have greater resources than we do. Some of these investors may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. Our competitors may be willing to offer space at rates below our rates, causing us to lose existing or potential tenants.

Many of our investments will be dependent on tenants for revenue, and lease terminations could reduce our revenues from rents, resulting in the decline in the value of your investment.

The underlying value of our properties and the ability to make distributions to you depend upon the ability of the tenants of our properties to generate enough income to pay their rents in a timely manner, and the success of our investments depends upon the occupancy levels, rental income and operating expenses of our properties and our company. Tenants’ inability to timely pay their rents may be impacted by employment and other constraints on their personal finances, including debts, purchases and other factors. These and other changes beyond our control may adversely affect our tenants’ ability to make lease payments. In the event of a tenant default or bankruptcy, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur costs in protecting our investment and re-leasing our property. We may be unable to re-lease the property for the rent previously received. We may be unable to sell a property with low occupancy without incurring a loss. These events and others could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions we make to stockholders and may also cause the value of your investment to decline.

Our operating results and distributable cash flow depend on our ability to generate revenue from leasing our properties to tenants on terms favorable to us.

Our operating results depend, in large part, on revenues derived from leasing space in our properties. We are subject to the credit risk of our tenants, and to the extent our tenants default on their leases or fail to make rental payments we may suffer a decrease in our revenue. In addition, if a tenant does not pay its rent, we may not be able to enforce our rights as landlord without delays and we may incur substantial legal costs. We are also subject to the risk that we will not be able to lease space in our value-added or opportunistic properties or that, upon the expiration of leases for space located in our properties, leases may not be renewed, the space may not be re-leased or the terms of renewal or re-leasing (including the cost of required renovations or concessions to customers) may be less favorable to us than current lease terms. If vacancies continue for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in decreased distributions to our stockholders. In addition, the resale value of the property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property will depend principally upon the value of the leases of such property. Further, costs associated with real estate investment, such as real estate taxes and maintenance costs, generally are not reduced when circumstances cause a reduction in income from the investment. These events would cause a significant decrease in revenues and could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions to our stockholders.

Short-term multifamily and apartment leases expose us to the effects of declining market rent, which could adversely impact our ability to make cash distributions to our stockholders.

We expect that substantially all of our apartment leases will be for a term of one year or less. Because these leases generally permit the residents to leave at the end of the lease term without penalty, our rental revenues may be impacted by declines in market rents more quickly than if our leases were for longer terms.

Costs incurred in complying with governmental laws and regulations may reduce our net income and the cash available for distributions.

Our company and the properties we expect to own are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety. Federal laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the Hazard Communication Act and their resolutions and corresponding state and local counterparts govern such matters as wastewater discharges, air emissions, the operation and removal of underground and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous materials and the remediation of contamination associated with disposals. The properties we acquire will be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 which generally requires that certain types of buildings and services be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. These laws may require us to make modifications to our properties. Some of these laws and regulations impose joint and several liability on tenants, owners or operators for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties, regardless of fault or whether the acts causing the contamination were illegal. Compliance with these laws and any new or more stringent laws or regulations may require us to incur material expenditures. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose material environmental liability. In addition, there are various federal, state and local fire, health, life-safety and similar regulations with which we may be required to comply, and which may subject us to liability in the form of fines or damages for noncompliance.

Our properties may be affected by our tenants’ activities or actions, the existing condition of land when we buy it, operations in the vicinity of our properties, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of unrelated third parties. The presence of hazardous substances, or the failure to properly remediate these substances, may make it difficult or impossible to sell or rent such property. Any material expenditures, fines, or damages we must pay will reduce our ability to make distributions and may reduce the value of your investment.

Any uninsured losses or high insurance premiums will reduce our net income and the amount of our cash distributions to stockholders.

Our advisor will attempt to obtain adequate insurance to cover significant areas of risk to us as a company and to our properties. However, there are types of losses at the property level, generally catastrophic in nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, which are uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. We may not have adequate coverage for such losses. If any of our properties incurs a casualty loss that is not fully insured, the value of our assets will be reduced by any such uninsured loss. In addition, other than any working capital reserve or other reserves we may establish, we have no source of funding to repair or reconstruct any uninsured damaged property. Also, to the extent we must pay unexpectedly large amounts for insurance, we could suffer reduced earnings that would result in lower distributions to stockholders.

We may have difficulty selling real estate investments, and our ability to distribute all or a portion of the net proceeds from such sale to our stockholders may be limited.

Real estate investments are relatively illiquid. We will have a limited ability to vary our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. We will also have a limited ability to sell assets in order to fund working capital and similar capital needs. When we sell any of our properties, we may not realize a gain on such sale. We may not elect to distribute any proceeds from the sale of properties to our stockholders; for example, we may use such proceeds to:

Our ability to sell our properties may also be limited by our need to avoid a 100% penalty tax that is imposed on gain recognized by a REIT from the sale of property characterized as dealer property. In order to ensure that we avoid such characterization, we may be required to hold our properties for a minimum period of time, generally two years, and comply with certain other requirements in the Code.

As part of otherwise attractive portfolios of properties, we may acquire some properties with existing lock-out provisions, which may inhibit us from selling a property, or may require us to maintain specified debt levels for a period of years on some properties.

Loan provisions could materially restrict us from selling or otherwise disposing of or refinancing properties. These provisions would affect our ability to turn our investments into cash and thus affect cash available for distributions to you. Loan provisions may prohibit us from reducing the outstanding indebtedness with respect to properties, refinancing such indebtedness on a non-recourse basis at maturity, or increasing the amount of indebtedness with respect to such properties.

Loan provisions could impair our ability to take actions that would otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders and, therefore, may have an adverse impact on the value of our stock, relative to the value that would result if the loan provisions did not exist. In particular, loan provisions could preclude us from participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even though that disposition or change in control might be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Actions of our joint venture partners could subject us to liabilities in excess of those contemplated or prevent us from taking actions which are in the best interests of our stockholders which could result in lower investment returns to our stockholders.

We have entered into joint ventures with affiliates and other third parties to acquire or improve properties. We may also purchase properties in partnerships, co-tenancies or other co-ownership arrangements. Such investments may involve risks not otherwise present when acquiring real estate directly, including, for example:

These events might subject us to liabilities in excess of those contemplated and thus reduce your investment returns. If we have a right of first refusal or buy/sell right to buy out a co-venturer, co-owner or partner, we may be unable to finance such a buy-out if it becomes exercisable or we may be required to purchase such interest at a time when it would not otherwise be in our best interest to do so. If our interest is subject to a buy/sell right, we may not have sufficient cash, available borrowing capacity or other capital resources to allow us to elect to purchase an interest of a co-venturer subject to the buy/sell right, in which case we may be forced to sell our interest as the result of the exercise of such right when we would otherwise prefer to keep our interest. Finally, we may not be able to sell our interest in a joint venture if we desire to exit the venture.

General Risks Related to Real Estate-Related Investments

If we make or invest in mortgage loans as part of our plan to acquire the underlying property, our mortgage loans may be affected by unfavorable real estate market conditions, including interest rate fluctuations, which could decrease the value of those loans and the return on your investment.

If we make or invest in mortgage loans, we will be at risk of defaults by the borrowers on those mortgage loans as well as interest rate risks. To the extent we incur delays in liquidating such defaulted mortgage loans, we may not be able to obtain sufficient proceeds to repay all amounts due to us under the mortgage loan. Further, we will not know whether the values of the properties securing the mortgage loans will remain at the levels existing on the dates of origination of those mortgage loans. If the values of the underlying properties fall, our risk will increase because of the lower value of the security associated with such loans.

Subordinated loan investments involve a greater risk of loss of investment and reductions of return than senior loans secured by income-producing properties.

Subordinated loans may be secured by second mortgages on the underlying real property or by a pledge of the ownership interests of either the entity owning the real property or the entity that owns the interest in the entity owning the real property. These types of investments involve a higher degree of risk than long-term senior mortgage lending secured by income-producing real property because the investment may become unsecured as a result of foreclosure by the senior lender. In the event of a bankruptcy of the entity providing the pledge of its ownership interests as security, we may not have full recourse to the assets of such entity, or the assets of the entity may not be sufficient to satisfy our subordinated loan. If a borrower defaults on our subordinated loan or debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, our subordinated loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt. As a result, we may not recover some or all of our investment. In addition, subordinated loans may have higher loan-to-value ratios than conventional mortgage loans, resulting in less equity in the real property and increasing the risk of loss of principal.

Investments in real estate-related securities will be subject to specific risks relating to the particular issuer of the securities and may be subject to the general risks of investing in subordinated real estate securities, which may result in losses to us.

We may invest in real estate-related securities of both publicly traded and private real estate companies. Issuers of real estate-related equity securities generally invest in real estate or real estate-related assets and are subject to the inherent risks associated with real estate-related investments discussed in this prospectus, including risks relating to rising interest rates.

Real estate-related securities are often unsecured and also may be subordinated to other obligations of the issuer. As a result, investments in real estate-related securities are subject to risks of: (1) limited liquidity in the secondary trading market in the case of unlisted or thinly traded securities; (2) subordination to the prior claims of banks and other senior lenders to the issuer; (3) the operation of mandatory sinking fund or call/redemption provisions during periods of declining interest rates that could cause the issuer to reinvest redemption proceeds in lower yielding assets; (4) the possibility that earnings of the issuer may be insufficient to meet its debt service and distribution obligations and (5) the declining creditworthiness and potential for insolvency of the issuer during periods of rising interest rates and economic slowdown or downturn. These risks may adversely affect the value of outstanding real estate-related securities and the ability of the issuers thereof to repay principal and interest or make distribution payments.

Investments in real estate-related securities may be illiquid, and we may not be able to adjust our portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions.

If we invest in certain real estate-related securities that we may purchase in connection with privately negotiated transactions, they will not be registered under the relevant securities laws, resulting in a prohibition against their transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition except in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of, or is otherwise in accordance with, those laws. As a result, our ability to vary our long-term stabilized portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions may be relatively limited. The subordinated and bridge loans we may purchase will be particularly illiquid investments due to their short life. Moreover, in the event of a borrower’s default on an illiquid real estate security, the unsuitability for securitization and potential lack of recovery of our investment could pose serious risks of loss to our investment portfolio.

Delays in restructuring or liquidating non-performing real estate-related securities could reduce the return on your investment.

If we invest in real estate-related securities, they may become non-performing after acquisition for a wide variety of reasons. Such non-performing real estate investments may require a substantial amount of workout negotiations and/or restructuring, which may entail, among other things, a substantial reduction in the interest rate and a substantial write-down of such loan or asset. However, even if a restructuring is successfully accomplished, upon maturity of such real estate security, replacement “takeout” financing may not be available. We may find it necessary or desirable to foreclose on some of the collateral securing one or more of our investments. Intercreditor provisions may substantially interfere with our ability to do so. Even if foreclosure is an option, the foreclosure process can be lengthy and expensive. Borrowers often resist foreclosure actions by asserting numerous claims, counterclaims and defenses, including, without limitation, lender liability claims and defenses, in an effort to prolong the foreclosure action. In some states, foreclosure actions can take up to several years or more to litigate. At any time during the foreclosure proceedings, the borrower may file for bankruptcy, which would have the effect of staying the foreclosure action and further delaying the foreclosure process. Foreclosure litigation tends to create a negative public image of the collateral property and may result in disrupting ongoing leasing and management of the property. Foreclosure actions by senior lenders may substantially affect the amount that we may receive from an investment.

Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; if we are subject to registration under the Investment Company Act, we will not be able to continue our business.

Neither we, nor our operating partnership, nor any of our subsidiaries intend to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. We expect that our operating partnership’s and subsidiaries’ investments in real estate will represent the substantial majority of our total asset mix, which would not subject us to the Investment Company Act. In order to maintain an exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act, we intend to engage, through our operating partnership and our wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries, primarily in the business of buying real estate, and these investments must be made within a year after this offering ends. If we are unable to invest a significant portion of the proceeds of this offering in properties within one year of the termination of this offering, we may avoid being required to register as an investment company by temporarily investing any unused proceeds in government securities with low returns, which would reduce the cash available for distribution to investors and possibly lower your returns.

We expect that most of our assets will be held through wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of our operating partnership. We expect that most of these subsidiaries will be outside the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act as they are generally expected to hold at least 60% of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own real property. Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer’s total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the 40% test. Excluded from the term “investment securities,” among other things, are U.S. government securities and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. We believe that we, our operating partnership and most of the subsidiaries of our operating partnership will not fall within either definition of investment company as we intend to invest primarily in real property, through our wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries, the majority of which we expect to have at least 60% of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own real property. As these subsidiaries would be investing either solely or primarily in real property, they would be outside of the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act. We are organized as a holding company that conducts its businesses primarily through the operating partnership, which in turn is a holding company conducting its business through its subsidiaries. Both we and our operating partnership intend to conduct our operations so that they comply with the 40% test. We will monitor our holdings to ensure continuing and ongoing compliance with this test. In addition, we believe that neither we nor the operating partnership will be considered an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act because neither we nor the operating partnership will engage primarily or hold itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, through the operating partnership’s wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, we and the operating partnership will be primarily engaged in the non-investment company businesses of these subsidiaries.

In the event that the value of investment securities held by the subsidiaries of our operating partnership were to exceed 40%, we expect our subsidiaries to be able to rely on the exclusion from the definition of “investment company” provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. Section 3(c)(5)(C), as interpreted by the staff of the SEC, requires each of our subsidiaries relying on this exception to invest at least 55% of its portfolio in “mortgage and other liens on and interests in real estate,” which we refer to as “qualifying real estate assets” and maintain at least 80% of its assets in qualifying real estate assets or other real estate-related assets. The remaining 20% of the portfolio can consist of miscellaneous assets. What we buy and sell is therefore limited to these criteria. How we determine to classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large measure upon no-action letters issued by the SEC staff in the past and other SEC interpretive guidance. These no-action positions were issued in accordance with factual situations that may be substantially different from the factual situations we may face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. Pursuant to this guidance, and depending on the characteristics of the specific investments, certain mortgage loans, participations in mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, mezzanine loans, joint venture investments and the equity securities of other entities may not constitute qualifying real estate assets and therefore investments in these types of assets may be limited. No assurance can be given that the SEC will concur with our classification of our assets. Future revisions to the Investment Company Act or further guidance from the SEC may cause us to lose our exclusion from registration or force us to re-evaluate our portfolio and our investment strategy. Such changes may prevent us from operating our business successfully.

In the event that we, or our operating partnership, were to acquire assets that could make either entity fall within the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, we believe that we would still qualify for an exclusion from registration pursuant to Section 3(c)(6). Section 3(c)(6) excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of certain specified businesses. These specified businesses include the business described in Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. It also excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of such specified businesses from which at least 25% of such company’s gross income during its last fiscal year is derived, together with any additional business or businesses other than investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. Although the SEC staff has issued little interpretive guidance with respect to Section 3(c)(6), we believe that we and our operating partnership may rely on Section 3(c)(6) if 55% of the assets of our operating partnership consist of, and at least 55% of the income of our operating partnership is derived from, qualifying real estate assets owned by wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of our operating partnership.

To ensure that neither we, nor our operating partnership nor subsidiaries are required to register as an investment company, each entity may be unable to sell assets they would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets they would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we, our operating company or our subsidiaries may be required to acquire additional income or loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise acquire or forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire. Although we, our operating partnership and our subsidiaries intend to monitor our portfolio periodically and prior to each acquisition or disposition, any of these entities may not be able to maintain an exclusion from registration as an investment company. If we, our operating partnership or our subsidiaries are required to register as an investment company but fail to do so, the unregistered entity would be prohibited from engaging in our business, and criminal and civil actions could be brought against such entity. In addition, the contracts of such entity would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of the entity and liquidate its business.

For more information on issues related to compliance with the Investment Company Act, see “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Investment Company Act Considerations.”

Risks Associated with Debt Financing

We have used and may continue to use debt financing to acquire properties and otherwise incur other indebtedness, which increases our expenses and could subject us to the risk of losing properties in foreclosure if our cash flow is insufficient to make loan payments.

We are permitted to acquire real properties and other real estate-related investments including entity acquisitions by assuming either existing financing secured by the asset or by borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur or increase our mortgage debt by obtaining loans secured by some or all of our assets to obtain funds to acquire additional investments or to pay distributions to our stockholders. We also may borrow funds if necessary to satisfy the requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our annual “REIT taxable income,” or otherwise as is necessary or advisable to assure that we maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

Although our charter imposes limits on our total indebtedness, there is no limit on the amount we may invest in any single property or other asset or on the amount we can borrow to purchase any individual property or other investment. If we mortgage a property and have insufficient cash flow to service the debt, we risk an event of default which may result in our lenders foreclosing on the properties securing the mortgage. Further, we may exceed the limits set forth in our charter if approved by a majority of our independent directors and the excess borrowing is disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following the borrowing, along with justification for the excess.

As of the date of this prospectus, all of our investments in equity interests in real property have been made through financings secured by our interests in the joint venture through which we own the interest, and we have $1,931,484 of debt related to such investments coming due in 2012. We expect to repay our notes payable upon maturity with the proceeds to be raised from this offering. If we are unable to repay the any principal amount upon maturity, we will seek to extend the loan or refinance. If we cannot repay or refinance the note, then we may lose our interest in the joint ventures securing the note. See “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Borrowing Policies.”

High levels of debt or increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our loan payments, which could reduce the cash available for distribution to stockholders.

Our policies do not limit us from incurring debt and as of the date of this prospectus our independent directors have approved borrowings in excess of the limit set forth in our charter in connection with all of our equity interests in real property acquired to date. As of December 31, 2011, the ratio of our borrowings to the cost of our assets was 91%.

These high debt levels cause us to incur higher interest charges, result in higher debt service payments, and may be accompanied by restrictive covenants. Interest we pay reduces cash available for distribution to stockholders. Additionally, with respect to our variable rate debt, increases in interest rates increase our interest costs, which reduces our cash flow and our ability to make distributions to you. In addition, if we need to repay existing debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our investments in properties at times which may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments and could result in a loss. In addition, if we are unable to service our debt payments, our lenders may foreclose on our interests in the real property that secures the loans we have entered.

High mortgage rates may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our cash flow from operations and the amount of cash distributions we can make.

To qualify as a REIT, we will be required to distribute at least 90% of our annual taxable income (excluding net capital gains) to our stockholders in each taxable year, and thus our ability to retain internally generated cash is limited. Accordingly, our ability to acquire properties or to make capital improvements to or remodel properties will depend on our ability to obtain debt or equity financing from third parties or the sellers of properties. If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, we may not be able to finance the purchase of properties. If we place mortgage debt on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance the properties when the debt becomes due or of being unable to refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when we refinance the properties, our income could be reduced. We may be unable to refinance properties. If any of these events occurs, our cash flow would be reduced. This, in turn, would reduce cash available for distribution to you and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more stock or borrowing more money.

Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to make distributions to you.

When providing financing, a lender may impose restrictions on us that affect our distribution and operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan documents we enter into may contain covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage the property, discontinue insurance coverage, or replace our advisor. These or other limitations may limit our flexibility and prevent us from achieving our operating plans.

Our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms would be impacted by negative capital market conditions.

Recently, domestic and international financial markets have experienced unusual volatility and uncertainty. Although this condition occurred initially within the “subprime” single-family mortgage lending sector of the credit market, liquidity has tightened in overall financial markets, including the investment grade debt and equity capital markets. Consequently, there is greater uncertainty regarding our ability to access the credit market in order to attract financing on reasonable terms. Investment returns on our assets and our ability to make acquisitions could be adversely affected by our inability to secure financing on reasonable terms, if at all.

Interest-only indebtedness may increase our risk of default and ultimately may reduce our funds available for distribution to our stockholders.

We may finance our property acquisitions using interest-only mortgage indebtedness. During the interest-only period, the amount of each scheduled payment will be less than that of a traditional amortizing mortgage loan. The principal balance of the mortgage loan will not be reduced (except in the case of prepayments) because there are no scheduled monthly payments of principal during this period. After the interest-only period, we will be required either to make scheduled payments of amortized principal and interest or to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. These required principal or balloon payments will increase the amount of our scheduled payments and may increase our risk of default under the related mortgage loan. If the mortgage loan has an adjustable interest rate, the amount of our scheduled payments also may increase at a time of rising interest rates. Increased payments and substantial principal or balloon maturity payments will reduce the funds available for distribution to our stockholders because cash otherwise available for distribution will be required to pay principal and interest associated with these mortgage loans.

To hedge against interest rate fluctuations, we may use derivative financial instruments that may be costly and ineffective, may reduce the overall returns on your investment, and may expose us to the credit risk of counterparties.

We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to interest rate fluctuations on loans secured by our assets and investments in collateralized mortgage-backed securities. Derivative instruments may include interest rate swap contracts, interest rate cap or floor contracts, futures or forward contracts, options or repurchase agreements. Our actual hedging decisions will be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the hedge and may differ from time to time.

To the extent that we use derivative financial instruments to hedge against interest rate fluctuations, we will be exposed to financing, basis risk and legal enforceability risks. In this context, credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. If the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes us, which creates credit risk for us. We intend to manage credit risk by dealing only with major financial institutions that have high credit ratings. Basis risk occurs when the index upon which the contract is based is more or less variable than the index upon which the hedged asset or liability is based, thereby making the hedge less effective. We intend to manage basis risk by matching, to a reasonable extent, the contract index to the index upon which the hedged asset or liability is based. Finally, legal enforceability risks encompass general contractual risks, including the risk that the counterparty will breach the terms of, or fail to perform its obligations under, the derivative contract. We intend to manage legal enforceability risks by ensuring, to the best of our ability, that we contract with reputable counterparties and that each counterparty complies with the terms and conditions of the derivative contract. If we are unable to manage these risks effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and ability to make distributions to you will be adversely affected.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge risk effectively.

The REIT provisions of the Code may limit our ability to hedge the risks inherent to our operations. From time to time, we may enter into hedging transactions with respect to one or more of our assets or liabilities. Our hedging transactions may include entering into interest rate swaps, caps and floors, options to purchase these items, and futures and forward contracts. Any income or gain derived by us from transactions that hedge certain risks, such as the risk of changes in interest rates, will not be treated as gross income for purposes of either the 75% or the 95% Income Test, as defined below in “Federal Income Tax Considerations — Income Tests,” unless specific requirements are met. Such requirements include that the hedging transaction be properly identified within prescribed time periods and that the transaction either (1) hedges risks associated with indebtedness issued by us that is incurred to acquire or carry real estate assets or (2) manages the risks of currency fluctuations with respect to income or gain that qualifies under the 75% or 95% Income Test (or assets that generate such income). To the extent that we do not properly identify such transactions as hedges, hedge with other types of financial instruments, or hedge other types of indebtedness, the income from those transactions is not likely to be treated as qualifying income for purposes of the 75% and 95% Income Tests. As a result of these rules, we may have to limit the use of hedging techniques that might otherwise be advantageous, which could result in greater risks associated with interest rate or other changes than we would otherwise incur.

You may not receive any profits resulting from the sale of one of our properties, or receive such profits in a timely manner, because we may provide financing for the purchaser of such property.

If we liquidate our company, you may experience a delay before receiving your share of the proceeds of such liquidation. In a forced or voluntary liquidation, we may sell our properties either subject to or upon the assumption of any then outstanding mortgage debt or, alternatively, may provide financing to purchasers. We may take a purchase money obligation secured by a mortgage as partial payment. We do not have any limitations or restrictions on our taking such purchase money obligations. To the extent we receive promissory notes or other property instead of cash from sales, such proceeds, other than any interest payable on those proceeds, will not be included in net sale proceeds until and to the extent the promissory notes or other property are actually paid, sold, refinanced or otherwise disposed of. In certain cases, we may receive initial down payments in the year of sale in an amount less than the selling price and subsequent payments may be spread over a number of years. In such cases, you may experience a delay in the distribution of the proceeds of a sale until such time.

Federal Income Tax Risks

If we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will be subjected to tax on our income and the amount of distributions we make to our stockholders will be less.

We elected to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2010 and intend to operate in a manner designed to permit us to continue to qualify as a REIT. A REIT generally is not taxed at the corporate level on income and gains it currently distributes to its stockholders. Although we do not intend to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service as to our REIT status, we have received the opinion of Alston & Bird LLP that, commencing with the taxable year in which we satisfy the minimum offering requirement (December 31, 2010), we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, and our proposed method of operations will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT. This opinion has been issued in connection with this offering. Investors should be aware, however, that opinions of counsel are not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or on any court. The opinion of Alston & Bird LLP represents only the view of our counsel based on our counsel’s review and analysis of existing law and on certain representations as to factual matters and covenants made by us, including representations relating to the values of our assets and the sources of our income. Alston & Bird LLP has no obligation to advise us or the holders of our common stock of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed in its opinion or of any subsequent change in applicable law. Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex rules for which there are only limited judicial or administrative interpretations. The determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control may affect our ability to continue to qualify as a REIT. In addition, new legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions could significantly change the tax laws with respect to qualification as a REIT or the federal income tax consequences of such qualification.

If we elect to be taxed as a REIT and then were to fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year:

Although we intend to operate in a manner intended to qualify as a REIT, it is possible that future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause our board of directors to determine to delay or revoke our REIT election.

We encourage you to read the “Federal Income Tax Considerations” section of this prospectus for further discussion of the tax issues related to this offering.

To qualify as a REIT we must meet annual distribution requirements, which may result in us distributing amounts that may otherwise be used for our operations.

To obtain the favorable tax treatment accorded to REITs, we normally will be required each year to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our real estate investment trust taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for distributions paid and by excluding net capital gains. We will be subject to federal income tax on our undistributed taxable income and net capital gain and to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on any amount by which distributions we pay with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (1) 85% of our ordinary income, (2) 95% of our capital gain net income and (3) 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. These requirements could cause us to distribute amounts that otherwise would be spent on investments in real estate assets and it is possible that we might be required to borrow funds, possibly at unfavorable rates, or sell assets to fund these distributions. Although we intend to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirements and to avoid corporate income taxation on the earnings that we distribute, it is possible that we might not always be able to do so. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations — Distribution Requirements.”

The failure of a subordinated loan to qualify as a real estate asset could adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT.

We may acquire subordinated loans, for which the IRS has provided a safe harbor in Revenue Procedure 2003-65. Pursuant to such safe harbor, if a subordinated loan is secured by interests in a pass-through entity, it will be treated by the IRS as a real estate asset for purposes of the REIT asset tests and interest derived from the subordinated loan will be treated as qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the REIT 75% Income Test. Although the Revenue Procedure provides a safe harbor on which taxpayers may rely, it does not prescribe rules of substantive tax law. We intend to make investments in loans secured by interests in pass-through entities in a manner that complies with the various requirements applicable to our qualification as a REIT. We may, however, acquire subordinated loans that do not meet all of the requirements of this safe harbor. In the event we own a subordinated loan that does not meet the safe harbor, the IRS could challenge such loan’s treatment as a real estate asset for purposes of the REIT asset and income tests and, if such a challenge were sustained, we could fail to qualify as a REIT.

You may have current tax liability on distributions if you elect to reinvest in shares of our common stock.

If you participate in our distribution reinvestment plan, you will be deemed to have received a cash distribution equal to the fair market value of the stock received pursuant to the plan. For federal income tax purposes, you will be taxed on this amount in the same manner as if you have received cash; namely, to the extent that we have current or accumulated earnings and profits, you will have ordinary taxable income. To the extent that we make a distribution in excess of such earnings and profits, the distribution will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital, which will reduce the tax basis in your stock, and the amount of the distribution in excess of such basis will be taxable as a gain realized from the sale of your common stock. As a result, unless you are a tax-exempt entity, you may have to use funds from other sources to pay your tax liability on the value of the common stock received. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations — Distribution Requirements.”

Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to the prohibited transaction tax, which could reduce the return on your investment.

Our ability to dispose of property during the first few years following acquisition is restricted to a substantial extent as a result of our REIT status. Under applicable provisions of the Code regarding prohibited transactions by REITs, we will be subject to a 100% tax on any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of any property (other than foreclosure property) we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but excluding our taxable REIT subsidiaries, that is deemed to be inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of trade or business. Whether property is inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business depends on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each property. We intend to avoid the 100% prohibited transaction tax by (1) conducting activities that may otherwise be considered prohibited transactions through a taxable REIT subsidiary, (2) conducting our operations in such a manner so that no sale or other disposition of an asset we own, directly or through any subsidiary other than a taxable REIT subsidiary, will be treated as a prohibited transaction or (3) structuring certain dispositions of our properties to comply with certain safe harbors available under the Code for properties held at least two years. However, despite our present intention, no assurance can be given that any particular property we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but excluding our taxable REIT subsidiaries, will not be treated as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.

In certain circumstances, we may be subject to federal and state income taxes as a REIT, which would reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

Even if we qualify and maintain our status as a REIT, we may be subject to federal and state income taxes. For example, net income from a “prohibited transaction” will be subject to a 100% tax. We may not be able to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise taxes applicable to REITs. We may also decide to retain income we earn from the sale or other disposition of our real estate assets and pay income tax directly on such income. In that event, our stockholders would be treated as if they earned that income and paid the tax on it directly. However, stockholders that are tax-exempt, such as charities or qualified pension plans, would have no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax liability. We may also be subject to state and local taxes on our income or property, either directly or at the level of the companies through which we indirectly own our assets. Any federal or state taxes we pay will reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

The use of taxable REIT subsidiaries would increase our overall tax liability.

Some of our assets may need to be owned or sold, or operations conducted, by taxable REIT subsidiaries. Any of our taxable REIT subsidiaries will be subject to federal and state income tax on their taxable income. The after-tax net income of our taxable REIT subsidiaries would be available for distribution to us. Further, we will incur a 100% excise tax on transactions with our taxable REIT subsidiaries that are not conducted on an arm’s length basis. For example, to the extent that the rent paid by one of our taxable REIT subsidiaries exceeds an arm’s length rental amount, such amount potentially is subject to the excise tax. We intend that all transactions between us and our taxable REIT subsidiaries will be conducted on an arm’s length basis and, therefore, that any amounts paid by our taxable REIT subsidiaries to us will not be subject to the excise tax.

To maintain our REIT status, we may be forced to forego otherwise attractive opportunities, which may delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce your overall return.

To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy certain tests on an ongoing basis concerning, among other things, the sources of our income, nature of our assets and the amounts we distribute to our stockholders. We may be required to make distributions to stockholders at times when it would be more advantageous to reinvest cash in our business or when we do not have funds readily available for distribution. Compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to operate solely on the basis of maximizing profits and the value of your investment.

Re-characterization of sale-leaseback transactions may cause us to lose our REIT status.

 We may purchase properties and lease them back to the sellers of such properties. While we will use our best efforts to structure any such sale-leaseback transaction so that the lease will be characterized as a “true lease,” thereby allowing us to be treated as the owner of the property for federal income tax purposes, the IRS could challenge such characterization. In the event that any sale-leaseback transaction is challenged and re-characterized as a financing transaction or loan for federal income tax purposes, deductions for depreciation and cost recovery relating to such property would be disallowed. If a sale-leaseback transaction were so re-characterized, we might fail to satisfy the REIT qualification “asset tests” or the “income tests” and, consequently, lose our REIT status effective with the year of re-characterization. Alternatively, the amount of our REIT taxable income could be recalculated, which might also cause us to fail to meet the distribution requirement for a taxable year.

The tax imposed on REITs engaging in “prohibited transactions” may limit our ability to engage in transactions which would be treated as sales for federal income tax purposes.

A REIT’s net income from prohibited transactions is subject to a 100% penalty tax. In general, prohibited transactions are sales or other dispositions of property, other than foreclosure property, held in inventory primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. Although we do not intend to hold any properties that would be characterized as inventory held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business, subject to certain statutory safe-harbors, such characterization is a factual determination and no guarantee can be given that the IRS would agree with our characterization of our properties or that we will always be able to make use of the available safe-harbors.

The “taxable mortgage pool” rules may increase the taxes that we or our stockholders incur and may limit the manner in which we conduct securitizations.

We may make investments in entities that own or are deemed to be taxable mortgage pools. Similarly, certain of our securitizations could be considered to result in the creation of taxable mortgage pools for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, provided that we own 100% of the equity interests in a taxable mortgage pool, we generally would not be adversely affected by the characterization of the securitization as a taxable mortgage pool. Certain categories of stockholders, however, such as foreign stockholders eligible for treaty or other benefits, stockholders with net operating losses, and certain tax-exempt stockholders that are subject to unrelated business income tax, could be subject to increased taxes on a portion of their dividend income from us that is attributable to the taxable mortgage pool. In addition, to the extent that our stock is owned by tax-exempt “disqualified organizations,” such as certain government-related entities that are not subject to tax on unrelated business income, we will incur a corporate-level tax on a portion of our income from the taxable mortgage pool. In that case, we are authorized to reduce and intend to reduce the amount of our distributions to any disqualified organization whose stock ownership gave rise to the tax. Moreover, we would be precluded from selling equity interests in these securitizations to outside investors, or selling any debt securities issued in connection with these securitizations that might be considered to be equity interests for federal income tax purposes. These limitations may prevent us from using certain techniques to maximize our returns from securitization transactions.

Distributions payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates under recently enacted tax legislation.

Current law generally reduces the maximum tax rate for dividend distributions payable by corporations to individuals meeting certain requirements to 15% through 2012. Distributions payable by REITs, however, generally continue to be taxed at the normal rate applicable to the individual recipient, rather than the 15% preferential rate. As a result, distributions (other than capital gain distributions) paid by us to individual investors will generally be subject to the federal income tax rates that are otherwise applicable to ordinary income. Although this legislation does not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or distributions paid by REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate distributions could cause investors who are individuals to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that make distributions, which could reduce the value of the stock of REITs, including our stock.

Distributions to tax-exempt investors may be classified as unrelated business taxable income and tax-exempt investors would be required to pay tax on the unrelated business taxable income and to file income tax returns.

Neither ordinary nor capital gain distributions with respect to our common stock nor gain from the sale of stock should generally constitute unrelated business taxable income to a tax-exempt investor. However, there are certain exceptions to this rule. In particular:

We encourage you to consult your own tax advisor to determine the tax consequences applicable to you if you are a tax-exempt investor. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders.”

Legislative or regulatory action could adversely affect the taxation of investors.

In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made to the federal income tax laws applicable to investments in REITs and similar entities. Additional changes to tax laws are likely to continue to occur in the future and we cannot assure you that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in shares of our common stock. We urge you to consult with your own tax advisor with respect to the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in shares of our common stock.

Retirement Plan Risks

If you fail to meet the fiduciary and other standards under ERISA or the Code as a result of an investment in our stock, you could be subject to criminal and civil penalties.

Special considerations apply to the purchase of stock by employee benefit plans subject to the fiduciary rules of title I of ERISA, including pension or profit sharing plans and entities that hold assets of such plans, which we refer to as ERISA Plans, and plans and accounts that are not subject to ERISA, but are subject to the prohibited transaction rules of Section 4975 of the Code, including IRAs, Keogh Plans, and medical savings accounts. (Collectively, we refer to ERISA Plans and plans subject to Section 4975 of the Code as “Benefit Plans” or “Benefit Plan Investors”). If you are investing the assets of any Benefit Plan, you should satisfy yourself that:

Failure to satisfy the fiduciary standards of conduct and other applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code may result in the imposition of civil and criminal penalties, and can subject the fiduciary to claims for damages or for equitable remedies. In addition, if an investment in our shares constitutes a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code, the fiduciary or IRA owner who authorized or directed the investment may be subject to the imposition of excise taxes with respect to the amount invested. In the case of a prohibited transaction involving an IRA owner, the IRA may be disqualified and all of the assets of the IRA may be deemed distributed and subjected to tax. ERISA plan fiduciaries and IRA custodians should consult with counsel before making an investment in our common shares.

Plans that are not subject to ERISA or the prohibited transactions of the Code, such as government plans or church plans, may be subject to similar requirements under state law. Such plans should satisfy themselves that the investment satisfies applicable law.

An investment in our stock may not be suitable for every Benefit Plan, and may result in the plan fiduciary breaching its duty to the plan.

When considering an investment in our stock, persons with investment discretion over assets of any ERISA Plan should consider whether the investment satisfies the fiduciary requirements of ERISA. In particular, attention should be paid to the diversification requirements of Section 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA in light of all the facts and circumstances, including the portion of the plan’s portfolio of which the investment will be a part. All ERISA Plan investors should also consider whether the investment is prudent under ERISA’s fiduciary standards. All Benefit Plans should determine whether the purchase of our stock meets plan liquidity requirements as there may be only a limited market in which to sell or otherwise dispose of our stock, and whether the investment is permissible under the plan’s governing instrument. We have not, and will not, evaluate whether an investment in our stock is suitable for any particular plan. Rather, we will accept entities as stockholders if an entity otherwise meets the suitability standards set forth in the “Suitability Standards” section in this prospectus.

ERISA fiduciaries are required to determine annually the fair market value of each asset in the ERISA plan based on liquidation value. In addition, a trustee or custodian of an IRA must provide an IRA holder with a statement of the value of the IRA assets each year. The annual statement of value that we will be sending to stockholders subject to ERISA and the Code and to certain other plan stockholders is only an estimate and may not comply with any reporting and disclosure or annual valuation requirements under ERISA, the Code or other applicable law.

To assist fiduciaries subject to the annual reporting requirements of ERISA to prepare reports relating to an investment in our shares, we intend to provide reports of our annual estimates of the current value of a share of our common stock to those fiduciaries who identify themselves to us and request the reports. Until 18 months after the completion of our offering stage, we intend to use the price paid per share as the estimated value of a share of our common stock, subject to certain reductions based on special distributions to stockholders due to sales of properties or other assets. When determining the estimated value of our shares, which we expect to provide to stockholders beginning 18 months after the completion of our offering stage, our advisor, or another firm we choose for that purpose, will estimate the value of our shares based on a number of assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. This estimated value is not likely to reflect the proceeds you would receive upon our liquidation or upon the sale of your shares. Accordingly, we can make no assurances that such estimated value will satisfy the applicable annual valuation requirements under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. The Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a plan fiduciary or an IRA custodian is required to take further steps to determine the value of our common shares. In the absence of an appropriate determination of value, a plan fiduciary or an IRA custodian may be subject to damages, penalties or other sanctions.

We cannot assure you that:

For a more complete discussion of the foregoing issues and other risks associated with an investment in our stock by retirement plans, please see the “ERISA Considerations” section of this prospectus.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements included in this prospectus that are not historical facts (including any statements concerning investment objectives, other plans and objectives of management for future operations or economic performance, or assumptions or forecasts related thereto) are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions. We caution that forward-looking statements are not guarantees. Actual events or our investments and results of operations could differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “could,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology.

The forward-looking statements included herein are based upon our current expectations, plans, estimates, assumptions and beliefs that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to:

Any of the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements could be inaccurate. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements included in this prospectus. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this prospectus and the risk that actual results will differ materially from the expectations expressed in this prospectus will increase with the passage of time. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this prospectus, including, without limitation, the risks described under “Risk Factors,” the inclusion of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the objectives and plans set forth in this prospectus will be achieved.

ESTIMATED USE OF PROCEEDS

The table below sets forth our estimated use of proceeds from this offering assuming we sell (1) $1,000,000,000 in shares, the maximum offering amount, in the primary offering and no shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan and (2) $1,000,000,000 in shares, the maximum offering amount, in the primary offering and $285,000,000 in shares, the maximum amount available pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. Shares of our common stock will be sold at $10.00 per share in the primary offering and at $9.50 per share pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan. We reserve the right to reallocate shares of our common stock between the primary offering and the distribution reinvestment plan.

Many of the amounts set forth below represent management’s best estimate since they cannot be precisely calculated at this time. Depending primarily upon the number of shares we sell in this offering, we estimate that between approximately 89.34% (assuming all shares available under our distribution reinvestment plan are sold) and approximately 86.89% (assuming no shares available under our distribution reinvestment plan are sold) of our gross offering proceeds will be available for investments. On a per share basis, the funds available for investment would be $8.93 and $8.69 for shares sold at $10.00 per share. We will use the remainder of the offering proceeds to pay offering expenses, including selling commissions and the dealer manager fee, and, upon investment in properties and other assets, to pay a fee to our advisor for its services in connection with the selection and acquisition or origination of our real estate investments. We expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the repurchase of shares under our share repurchase plan; capital expenditures, tenant improvement costs and leasing costs related to our investments in real estate properties; reserves required by any financings of our investments in real estate properties; funding obligations under any of our real estate loans receivable; investments in real estate properties and real estate-related assets, which would include payment of acquisition fees or origination fees to our advisor; and the repayment of debt. We cannot predict with any certainty how much, if any, distribution reinvestment plan proceeds will be available for specific purposes. To the extent proceeds from our distribution reinvestment plan are used for investments in real estate properties and for real estate-related assets, sales under our distribution reinvestment plan will result in greater fee income for our advisor because of acquisition, origination and other fees.

During the early stages of our operations until the proceeds of this offering are invested in real estate and real estate-related investments, we have funded and expect to continue to fund distributions from the proceeds of this offering and borrowings. Until such time as cash flows from operations and other sources of cash are sufficient to fund such distribution payments, if ever, we will have used less than 89.34% of the gross proceeds in this offering for investment in real estate (including capitalized tenant improvements and leasing concessions and the payment of acquisition expenses). Our organizational documents do not limit the amount of distributions we can fund from sources other than from operating cash flow.

MULTIFAMILY MARKET OVERVIEW

General

According to U.S. Census Bureau data provided by the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC), there were over 17 million apartment residences in the United States in 2010 with a value of nearly $1.83 trillion, compared to 15 million apartment units in 1990 with an estimated value of $585 billion.

According to the National Multi Housing Council, or NMHC, renters could make up one-half of all new households this decade comprising upwards of 7 million new renter households. Changes in population growth, demographics, societal preferences, environmental concerns, mobility, flexibility, and convenience are creating unprecedented demand for apartments. The NMHC cites apartments as both an economically smart choice for communities and households and an environmentally sustainable choice.

According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University The State of the Nation’s Housing 2011 report, which we refer to as the JCHS-Harvard Report, renter-household growth outpaced owner-household growth for four consecutive years from 2006-2010. Renter households increased an average of 692,000 annually while owner households decreased 201,000 annually on average. This trend marked a reversal of the previous decade and a half. According the JCHS Harvard Report, this shift is being driven by two underlying trends: 1) the rising number of renters who have deferred homebuying, and 2) the rising number of owners who have switched back to renting.

Typical first time home buyers have remained renters. While the number of households aged 25-34 increased one percent from 2007-2009, the number of households in this age group that bought their first home fell 14 percent. In addition, the number of first time homebuyers in the 35-44 year old age group fell 21 percent.

Many one time homeowners have also switched back to renting. The JCHS-Harvard Report estimates approximately 3.5 million homes were lost to foreclosure between 2008 and 2010. The report indicates that number continues to rise as lenders work through backlogs of troubled loans creating even more renters in the coming years. These new renters may refrain from homebuying for some time as they build their savings and reestablish their credit ratings.

Apartments serve the lifestyle needs of a diverse group of community residents. With a relatively low cost-per-resident ratio due to apartments’ high density nature, apartments are better able to provide the amenities that attract upper-income households. Many households are drawn to the lack of maintenance and ability to relocate inexpensively that multifamily housing provides. Using well-planned designs and monitoring systems, apartments are also able to provide security and crime prevention for their residents. Finally, an apartment property’s proximity to employment centers, public transportation and other neighborhood services offers renters a location advantage not available in single-family developments.

According to Morgan Stanley’s Housing Market Insight report in July 2011, “the combination of falling home prices, limited mortgage credit, continued liquidations, and better rental options is fundamentally changing the way Americans live.” Several key factors may in fact make it even harder to buy a home including mortgage reform, continued home price declines and long work out periods for distressed homes. Their conclusion is that this change is only beginning and the U.S. will become a society of renters for many years to come.

Employment/Household Formation Forecast

After growing from 2003-2007, U.S. non-farm employment declined in 2008 and 2009 during the Great Recession. 2010 saw a reversal of this trend with 1,027,000 jobs created. As the U.S. approaches a more stabilized economic recovery, job growth is expected to increase. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 0.7% annual job growth through 2020 resulting in 20.5 million new jobs.

The improvement in employment growth is expected to facilitate new household creation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of U.S. households experienced a rare decline in 2008 due to significant “doubling-up” and adult-aged children moving in with their parents. However, 2011 marked a major reversal as more households were formed than in any year since 2005. Household growth is expected to accelerate in the near future due to the growth of the 20-34 year old age group. The chart below titled “Echo Boomer Renter Population” shows historical data and 5 year projections of this age group.

Demand for multifamily is highly correlated to job and household growth. According to AXIOmetrics, a leading multifamily research firm, for every 1,000 jobs created, there is net new demand for up to 177 apartment units. The chart below, from Property and Portfolio Research, illustrates this correlation.

Source: Property and Portfolio Research

Further, the multifamily market is subject to the basic forces of supply and demand as outlined below:

Demand Overview

Demographic forces are indicating strong growth for multifamily demand in the foreseeable future due to a variety of factors, including the following:

Echo Boomer Renter Population

Source: Marcus and Millichap ** Projections

Percentage of U.S. Homeownership

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, projections by Barron’s  

RREEF Research notes that 2010 was a strong year for multifamily with 227,000 institutional quality units were absorbed during the year, higher than the previous cyclical record achieved in 2000. RREEF Research concludes that as the job market improves and household formations continue among the Echo Boom generation, the next several years are expected to be particularly attractive for multifamily investment.

Supply Overview

Projections of additions to supply in the short-term are generally based on permitting and construction activity, while longer term projections are based on economics, construction cost, land availability and demand.

The JCHS-Harvard Report indicates that multifamily construction dipped to its lowest level in 17 years totaling just 124,000 units in 2010 after averaging 224,000 annually from 2004-2008. Recent challenges in the debt and equity markets and the financial environment have contributed to declines in multifamily starts in recent years. Further, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. multifamily starts reflect a cumulative shortfall of approximately 564,000 units from 2008-2011 compared to the 2000-2008 average. The NMHC projects that the U.S. will need approximately 300,000 units constructed each year moving forward while 2011 only delivered 167,000.

Supply: Multifamily Construction near 20-Year Lows

Source: U.S. Census Bureau data.

Supply-Demand Imbalance

The RREEF Research US Real Estate Strategic Outlook dated March 2012 notes that the national multifamily vacancy rate is expected to fall below 5 percent in 2012 with strong growth in effective rents. The report also states that completions are expected to be at historic lows through 2013, allowing for continued strong rent growth in the near term. According to REIS, Inc. a leading commercial real estate research firm, the U.S. is projected to experience a supply-demand imbalance as a result of the increased demand and lack of construction in the next several years which the Company expects will increase occupancy levels, rental rates, and potentially drive increasing values for apartment holdings.

Source: REIS, Inc. Q4 2011

Multifamily Market Types

According to an August 2006 RREEF Real Estate Research report, U.S. apartment markets are generally categorized either as:

We intend to generally focus on Lifestyle Markets because we believe the breadth of rental demand, the relative affluence of renter households, the size and diversity of the economic base and high barriers to entry create a less volatile environment. In these markets, we intend to emphasize investments in submarkets with strong accessibility to major employment centers, direct linkages to the local transportation network and mass transit system, proximity to major shopping nodes, and other such amenities that appeal to affluent and mobile renters.

We will also make selective investments in Growth Markets, targeting “lifestyle locations” within these larger Growth Markets, where such locations typically have the same relative advantages of high barriers to entry, accessibility to major employment centers, transportation systems, shopping and amenities that we look for in the Lifestyle Markets.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

Investment Strategy

We intend to acquire a diversified portfolio of real estate and real estate-related investments, with a primary focus on well-located, institutional quality apartment properties with strong and stable cash flows. We intend to implement what we refer to as the Enhanced Multifamily strategy, which is described in more detail below. Further, we seek to take advantage of the current projected supply-demand imbalance caused by the increase in demand and lack of new construction for apartments.

We also intend to acquire well-located residential properties that we believe present significant possibilities for short-term capital appreciation, such as those requiring repositioning, renovation or redevelopment, and those available at opportunistic prices from distressed or time-constrained sellers. As appropriate, we intend to implement Enhanced Multifamily strategies at these properties as well.

We will also seek to originate or invest in real estate-related securities that we believe present the potential for high current income or total return, including but not limited to mortgage, bridge or subordinated loans, debt securities and preferred or other equity securities of other real estate companies, and may invest in entities that make similar investments. See “— Investment in and Originating Real Estate-Related Investments.” Subject to the provisions our charter, some of the above investments may be made in connection with programs sponsored, managed or advised by our affiliates or affiliates of our advisor, and we may enter into one or more joint ventures, tenant-in-common investments or other co-ownership arrangements for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties with third parties or affiliates of our advisor. We may serve as mortgage lender to, or acquire interests in or securities issued by these joint ventures, tenant-in-common investments or other joint venture arrangements or other programs sponsored by our advisor’s affiliates.

Our board of directors has delegated to its investment committee the authority to approve all property acquisitions, developments and dispositions, as well as all real estate and real estate-related investments and all investments consistent with our investment objectives, for investments up to $50,000,000, including our financing of such investments. Our advisor will recommend suitable investments for consideration by the investment committee and, where required, the full board of directors. See “Management — Committees of the Board of Directors — Investment Committee.”

Investment Objectives

Our primary investment objectives are to:

Investment Approach

Our board, including a majority of our independent directors, may revise our investment policies, which we describe in more detail below, without the approval of our stockholders. Our board will review our investment policies at least annually to determine whether our policies are in the best interests of our stockholders. Our charter requires that our board include the basis for their determination in minutes of their meetings and in an annual report delivered to our stockholders.

Within our investment policies and objectives, our advisor will have substantial discretion with respect to the selection of specific investments and the purchase and sale of our assets, subject to the provisions in our charter that the consideration paid for each property we acquire is ordinarily based on the fair market value as determined by a majority of our directors.

Our advisor’s senior executives, Messrs. Kamfar, Babb, and Ruddy, bring over 60 years of combined expertise gained through hands-on experience in acquisitions, asset management, dispositions, development/ redevelopment, leasing, property management, portfolio management and in building operating and real estate companies.

Our Target Portfolio

We intend to achieve our investment objectives by acquiring a diverse portfolio of real estate and real estate-related investments. We plan to diversify our portfolio by investment type, size, property location and risk with the goal of attaining a portfolio that will generate attractive returns for our investors with the potential for capital appreciation. Our targeted portfolio allocation is as follows:

Although the above outlines our target portfolio, we may make adjustments based on, among other things, prevailing real estate market conditions and the availability of attractive investment opportunities. We will not forego an attractive investment because it does not fit within our targeted asset class or portfolio composition. We may use the proceeds of this offering to purchase or invest in any type of real estate or real estate-related investment which we determine is in the best interest of our stockholders, subject to the provisions of our charter which limit certain types of investments.

We believe the probability of meeting our investment objectives will be maximized through the careful selection and underwriting of assets. When considering an investment, we will generally evaluate the following:

As such, our actual portfolio composition may vary substantially from the target portfolio described above.

We will typically hold fee title or a long-term leasehold estate in the properties we acquire. However, subject to any required approvals and maintaining our status as a REIT, we may also invest in or acquire operating companies or other entities that own and operate assets that meet our investment objectives. We will consider doing so if we believe it more efficient to acquire an entity that already owns assets meeting our investment objectives than to acquire such assets directly. Also, we may enter into one or more joint ventures, tenant-in-common investments or other co-ownership arrangements for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties with third parties or affiliates of our advisor, including other present and future real estate programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor. We may also serve as lender to these joint ventures, tenant-in-common programs or other programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor.

Our Target Markets

Although we intend to diversify our portfolio by geographic location, we expect to focus on markets located in the United States with high potential for attractive returns. As a result, our actual investments may result in concentrations in a limited number of geographic regions. We will seek to focus on markets where affiliates of Bluerock have established relationships, transaction history, market knowledge and access to potential ‘‘off-market’’ investments directly from sellers, as well as an ability to direct property management and leasing operations efficiently. Our preferred target markets have three distinct characteristics:

We will review and may periodically adjust our target markets in response to changing market conditions and to maintain a diverse portfolio. Our initial target markets, along with their metropolitan statistical area (MSA) rank in population, are listed below:

Source: US Census, July 1, 2011 Population Estimates

Additionally, certain secondary markets demonstrating strong fundamentals, employment diversity and attractive pricing will be pursued on a selective basis.

Economic and real estate market conditions vary widely within each region and submarket, and we intend to spread our portfolio investments both across these regions and among the submarkets within these regions.

Investment Size

We also intend to diversify by investment size. We expect that our real property investments will typically range in size from $20 million to $150 million; however, we may make occasional investments outside of this range if we believe that the investment will help us meet our investment objectives and its projected risk-adjusted return merits such concentration.

Enhanced Multifamily Strategy

Our advisor’s Enhanced Multifamily strategy consists of a series of initiatives which we believe can create a sustainable competitive advantage and allow us to realize long-term increases in property value. This strategy seeks to transform the perception of the apartment from a purely functional one ( i.e. , as solely a place to live) to a lifestyle product/community ( i.e. , as a place to live, interact and socialize) thereby creating an enhanced perception of value among residents, allowing for premium rental rates and resulting in enhanced resident retention.

The initiatives consist of amenities and attributes that go beyond traditional features, and incorporate cosmetic and architectural improvements along with technology, music and activities to establish an enhanced sense of comfort and appeal to our target residents’ desire for a “sense of community” by creating places to gather, socialize and interact in a highly amenitized environment. These initiatives may include:

Where appropriate, our Enhanced Multifamily initiatives may also include a “Green Lifestyle” program that incorporates environmentally sound and energy efficient products to enable the residents to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle, which we believe will further develop a “sense of community” by appealing to our target residents’ social and environmental concerns.

The Enhanced Multifamily strategy is specifically targeted to appeal to the following two lucrative and rapidly growing segments of the multifamily market:

Lifestyle Renters are generally established, adult households with multiple housing choices open to them, which choose to rent an apartment for primarily nonfinancial reasons. They include Baby Boomers who have become empty nesters and who are seeking to live a simpler lifestyle without the responsibilities of home ownership, as well as some older members of the Echo Boomer generation. Lifestyle Renter households generally meet three criteria:

Middle Market Renters are generally younger and more mobile than Lifestyle Renters, and while they can generally afford to own, they have chosen either to save their money (perhaps to purchase a larger house at a later date), to spend it on other goods and services or to invest it in something other than housing, or they are in a personal or job transition. For Middle Market Renters an apartment can provide an inexpensive and maintenance-free residence. This segment is made up of several main subgroups, including:

As a further benefit, by appealing to and attracting the upper income segments of the rental market, we believe the initiatives can generate significant additional revenue-enhancing options at the properties, including the ability to provide and charge for premium units, upgrade packages, and equipment rentals such as washers and dryers, flat screen televisions and premium sound systems.

Investments in Stabilized Properties

We intend to allocate approximately 50% of our portfolio to investments in well-located, institutional quality apartment properties demonstrating strong and stable cash flows, typically located in supply constrained sub-markets with relatively high expectations of rent growth. Such properties typically will have been developed after 1995 and demonstrate a high potential to increase rents and generate capital appreciation through the implementation of our Enhanced Multifamily strategy to create communities which appeal to the rapidly growing Lifestyle Renter and Middle Market Renter segments of the market, and where we seek to create sustainable long-term increases in property value and lead to increased returns for our investors by, among other benefits, enhancing rental revenue and resident retention.

Investments in “Value-Added” Properties

We intend to allocate approximately 30% of our portfolio to “value-added” residential properties with the potential for short-term capital appreciation. These assets generally will be well-located and fundamentally sound residential properties where there is an opportunity to improve net operating income and overall property value, without limitation, through:

We may employ one or more of the following strategies with respect to the acquisition and management of these properties:

In addition, although our Enhanced Multifamily operating and property initiatives are primarily intended for the stabilized properties we acquire, we intend to implement some or all of these initiatives where appropriate for our value-added properties.

We generally intend to hold our properties for two to six years, which we believe is the optimal period to enable us to capitalize on the potential for increased income and capital appreciation. However, economic and market conditions, and changes in REIT regulations, may cause us to adjust our expected holding period in order to maximize our potential returns. We cannot predict the various market conditions that will exist at any given time in the future. Because of this uncertainty, we cannot assure you that we will be able to sell our properties at a profit, which could adversely affect our ability to realize any potential appreciation on our investments.

Investments in and Originating Real Estate-Related Investments

We intend to allocate approximately 20% of our target portfolio to real estate-related investments with a potential for high current income or total return, including first and second mortgages, subordinated, bridge and other real estate-related loans, debt securities related to or secured by real estate assets, and common and preferred equity securities, which may include equity securities of other REITs or real estate companies. Excluded from this 20% allocation are joint venture investments in which we exercise some control.

We may originate or make investments in all types of real estate-related loans. Some of the types of loans in which we may invest or originate, other than traditional commercial mortgage loans, are described below:

We may invest in or originate debt securities in cases in which we believe there is a possibility of exercising our foreclosure rights against the property in order to acquire the underlying asset, where the amount of our debt investment provides an attractive cost basis for ownership.

We intend to structure, underwrite and originate many of the debt products in which we invest. Our underwriting process will involve comprehensive financial, structural, operational and legal due diligence to assess the risks of investments so that we can optimize pricing and structuring. By originating loans directly, we will be able to efficiently structure a diverse range of products. For instance, we may sell some components of the debt we originate while retaining attractive, risk-adjusted components. We may fund the loans we originate with proceeds from this offering and borrowings from other lenders, including warehouse lines of credit, which we may procure. We may require other collateral to provide additional security for our loans, including letters of credit, personal guarantees or collateral unrelated to the property we finance. We may structure our loans so that we receive a stated fixed or variable interest rate. The loans also may be structured to include a percentage of gross revenues or a percentage of the increase in the fair market value of the property relating to the loan. Loans we structure may be payable upon maturity, refinancing or sale of the property. Our loans may also have prepayment lockouts, yield maintenance, prepayment penalties, minimum profit hurdles and other mechanisms to protect and enhance returns in the event of premature repayment.

These mortgage loan investments will typically range in size from $10 million to $50 million, have terms from two to six years and bear interest at a rate of 300 to 1,200 basis points over the applicable interest rate index. We will not make or invest in mortgage loans unless we obtain an appraisal concerning the underlying property from a certified independent appraiser. In addition to the appraisal, we will seek to obtain a customary lender’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage and the condition of title.

We will not make or invest in mortgage loans on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans outstanding on the property, including our borrowings, would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of the property, unless we find substantial justification due to the presence of other underwriting criteria. For example, we may find such justification in cases in which we believe there is a high probability of our foreclosure upon the property in order to acquire the underlying assets and in which the amount of our mortgage loan investment provides an attractive cost basis for ownership of the underlying property.

In evaluating prospective investments in and originations of loans, our advisor will consider factors such as the following:

Our advisor will evaluate all potential loan investments to determine if the security for the loan and the loan-to-value ratio meets our investment criteria and objectives. We anticipate that most loans will have a term of five years or less. Most loans that we will consider for investment would provide for monthly payments of interest and some may also provide for principal amortization.

Our mortgage loan investments may be subject to regulation by federal, state and local authorities and subject to laws and judicial and administrative decisions imposing various requirements and restrictions, including, among other things, regulating credit granting activities, establishing maximum interest rates and finance charges, requiring disclosure to customers, governing secured transactions and setting collection, repossession and claims handling procedures and other trade practices. In addition, certain states have enacted legislation requiring the licensing of mortgage bankers or other lenders, and these requirements may affect our ability to effectuate our proposed investments in mortgage loans. Commencement of operations in these or other jurisdictions may be dependent upon a finding of our financial responsibility, character and fitness. We may determine not to make mortgage loans in any jurisdiction in which the regulatory authority believes that we have not complied in all material respects with applicable requirements.

Our charter does not limit the amount of gross offering proceeds that we may apply to loan investments. Our charter also does not place any limit or restriction on the percentage of our assets that may be invested in any type of loan or in any single loan, or the types of properties subject to mortgages or other loans in which we may invest. When determining whether to make investments in mortgage and other loans, we will consider such factors as:

Subject to any required approvals and maintaining our status as a REIT, we may also invest in or acquire operating companies or other entities that own and operate real estate or real estate-related investments that meet our investment objectives. We will consider doing so if we consider it more efficient to acquire an entity that already owns assets meeting our investment objectives than to acquire such assets directly. We may purchase the common or preferred stock or debt of these entities or options to acquire their stock. We may target a public company that owns commercial real estate or real estate-related debt or investments when we believe its stock is trading at a discount to that company’s net asset value, and may seek to obtain a controlling interest in the companies that we target.

Development and Construction of Properties

We may invest proceeds from this offering, but not more than 10% of our total assets, in unimproved properties or in mortgage loans secured by such unimproved properties. We will consider a property to be an unimproved property if it was not acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income, has no development or construction in process at the time of acquisition, and no development or construction is planned to commence within one year of the acquisition.

Joint Venture Investments

We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships, tenant-in-common investments, other co-ownership arrangements with real estate developers, owners and other third parties, including affiliates of our advisor, for the acquisition, development, improvement and operation of properties and as of the date of this prospectus, all of our investments in equity interests in real property have been made through joint venture arrangements with affiliates of Bluerock as well as unaffiliated third parties. A joint venture creates an alignment of interest with a private source of capital for the benefit of our stockholders, by leveraging our acquisition, development and management expertise in order to achieve one or more of the following four primary objectives:

We may invest in joint ventures with our affiliates or affiliates of our advisor only if a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, approve the transaction as fair and reasonable and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers. In determining whether to invest in a particular joint venture, our advisor will evaluate the investment that such joint venture owns or is being formed to own under the same criteria described elsewhere in this prospectus for our selection of real property investments.

In the event that any joint venture with an entity affiliated with our advisor holds interests in more than one property or other investment, the interest in each may be specially allocated based upon the respective proportion of funds invested by each co-venturer. Entering into joint ventures with other programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor will result in conflicts of interest. See “Conflicts of Interest — Joint Venture Investments.”

We will establish the terms with respect to any particular joint venture agreement on a case-by-case basis after our board of directors considers all of the facts that are relevant, such as the nature and attributes of our other potential joint venture partners, the proposed structure of the joint venture, the nature of the operations, the liabilities and assets associated with the proposed joint venture and the size of our interest when compared to the interests owned by other partners in the venture. With respect to any joint venture investment, we expect to consider the following:

Network of Operating Partners

We believe successful investing in multifamily real estate requires more than just capital; local market knowledge, relationships and operational expertise are essential to the success of any investment. One of the critical elements of our investment process is the identification of uniquely qualified, specialized top-tier real estate local operating partners who bring significant value in terms of specialized expertise, market knowledge, relationships and execution to the transaction.

Our advisor's principals have spent over 15 years developing and cultivating a broad network of operating partners who are knowledgeable, disciplined, have successful track records, possess significant local market knowledge and relationships, and that have a high degree of integrity. This network of partners brings the following advantages to augment the likelihood of success of an investment:

In addition, we will generally require ”skin in the game” or meaningful capital contributions from operating partner in terms of an equity co-investment (generally 15% or more of required equity), and will structure transactions in order to assure an alignment of interests between our investors and our local partners. This important feature allows investors to invest not only with Bluerock, but alongside top-tier real estate operating firms nationally. Nothwithstanding the investment, we expect to maintain substantial control over strategic decision-making in our ventures with local operating partners.

We will generally seek local partners who have the ability to provide property management services. In our advisor’s experience, local partners can provide superior management execution as co-investors in the property than would be available from disinterested third party management companies. Our asset management team will then work with our local partners to oversee the implementation of each asset's business plan, including budgeting, capital expenditures, tenant improvements and financial performance. A few key attributes we look for in potential operating partners includes some or most of the following:

Our Advisor’s Approach to Evaluating Potential Investments

Our advisor has developed a disciplined investment approach that combines its experience with a structure that emphasizes thorough market research, local market knowledge, underwriting discipline, and risk management in evaluating potential investments, as follows:

When evaluating potential acquisitions, developments and dispositions, we generally consider the following factors as relevant:

Conditions to Closing Real Property Investments

Our advisor will perform a diligence review on each property that we purchase. Our property acquisitions may also be supported by an appraisal. The purchase price of each property will not exceed its fair market value as determined by our independent directors at the time of our acquisition of the property. We will also generally seek to condition our obligation to close the purchase of any property on the delivery of certain documents from the seller or developer. Such documents, where available, include, but are not limited to:

In order to be as thorough as reasonably possible in our due diligence, our advisor will typically obtain additional third-party reports. Such reports may include, property condition, soil, mechanical-electrical-plumbing, structural, roof, air quality, mold, termite, radon, seismic, lease audit, net operating income audit and others. We will not purchase any property unless and until we obtain what is generally referred to as a “Phase I” environmental site assessment and are generally satisfied with the environmental status of the property.

Asset-Level Business Strategy

Our advisor’s investment approach also includes active and aggressive management of each asset acquired. Our advisor believes that active management is critical to creating value.

Prior to the purchase of an individual asset or portfolio, our asset managers will work closely with our advisor’s acquisition officers and underwriting teams to develop an asset-level business strategy. This is a forecast of the action items to be taken and the capital needed to achieve the anticipated returns. Our advisor will review asset-level business strategies quarterly to anticipate changes or opportunities in the market during a given phase of a real estate cycle. Our advisor will design this process to allow for realistic yet aggressive enhancement of value throughout the investment period. Furthermore, implementation of our Enhanced Multifamily operating and property initiatives will play an important role in increasing property values and standardizing asset management procedures at a high level of performance.

In an effort to keep an asset in compliance with our underwriting standards, our advisor’s acquisition officers will remain involved through the investment life cycle of the acquired asset and will actively consult with our asset managers throughout the hold period. Our asset managers typically will be responsible for investments in only a few markets, which allows them to have in-depth knowledge of each market for which they are responsible. This focus also allows the asset managers to establish networks of relationships with each market’s competitive property set. In addition, our advisor’s executive officers will continuously review the operating performance of investments against projections, and will provide the oversight necessary to detect and resolve issues as they arise.

Dispositions

We intend to hold our properties for an extended period, typically two to six years depending on the asset, which we believe is the optimal period to enable us to, as appropriate, implement our advisor’s Enhanced Multifamily strategy and capitalize on the potential for increased income and capital appreciation. The period that we will hold our investments will vary depending on the type of asset, interest rates and other factors.

Our advisor will develop a well-defined exit strategy for each investment. Specifically, our advisor will assign a sale date to each asset we acquire prior to its purchase as part of the original business plan for the asset. Our advisor will thereafter continually re-evaluate the exit strategy of each asset in response to the performance of the individual asset, market conditions and our overall portfolio objectives, to determine the optimal time to sell the asset in order to maximize stockholder value and returns. Periodic reviews of each asset will focus on the remaining available value enhancement opportunities for the asset and the demand for the asset in the marketplace.

Economic and market conditions may influence us to hold our investments for different periods of time. We may sell an asset before the end of the expected holding period if we believe that market conditions and asset positioning have maximized its value to us or the sale of the asset would otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Borrowing Policies

We may incur indebtedness in the form of bank borrowings, purchase money obligations to the sellers of properties we purchase, publicly and privately-placed debt instruments or financings from institutional investors or other lenders. This indebtedness may be unsecured or secured by mortgages or other interests in our properties, or may be limited to the particular property to which the indebtedness relates. We may finance the acquisition or origination of certain real estate-related investments with warehouse lines of credit. Our indebtedness, including our warehouse facilities and bank credit facilities, may include a recourse component, meaning that lenders retain a general claim against us as an entity. Further, such borrowings may also provide the lender with the ability to make margin calls and may limit the length of time which any given asset may be used as eligible collateral. The form of our indebtedness may be long-term or short-term, fixed or floating rate, or in the form of a revolving credit facility. Our advisor will seek to obtain financing on our behalf on the most favorable terms available. We may use borrowing proceeds to: finance acquisitions of new properties or assets or originations of new loans; to pay for capital improvements, or repairs; to refinance existing indebtedness; to pay distributions; or to provide working capital.

We intend to focus our investment activities on obtaining a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. Careful use of debt will help us to achieve our diversification goals because we will have more funds available for investment. There is no limitation on the amount we may borrow for the purchase of any single property or other investment. Our charter limits our borrowings to 300% of our net assets as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to approximate 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if a majority of our independent directors approves each borrowing in excess of our charter limitation and we disclose such borrowing to our stockholders in our next quarterly report with an explanation from our independent directors of the justification for the excess borrowing. We do not intend to exceed the leverage limit in our charter except in the early stages of our development when the costs of our investments are most likely to exceed our net offering proceeds. Our board of directors must review our aggregate borrowings at least quarterly. Other than as described in a supplement to this prospectus, we have no agreements or letters of intent in place for any financing sources.

By operating on a leveraged basis, we expect that we will have more funds available to us for investments. This will allow us to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a more diversified portfolio. Although we expect our liability for the repayment of indebtedness to be limited to the value of the property securing the liability and the rents or profits derived therefrom, our use of leverage increases the risk of default on the mortgage payments and a resulting foreclosure of a particular property. Lenders may have recourse to assets not securing the repayment of the indebtedness. To the extent that we do not obtain mortgage loans on our properties, our ability to acquire additional properties will be limited. Our advisor will use its best efforts to obtain financing on the most favorable terms available to us.

When interest rates are high or financing is otherwise unavailable on a timely basis, we may purchase certain properties and other assets for cash with the intention of obtaining a loan for a portion of the purchase price at a later time. Our advisor will refinance properties during the term of a loan only in limited circumstances, such as when a decline in interest rates makes it beneficial to prepay an existing mortgage, when an existing mortgage matures or if an attractive investment becomes available and the proceeds from the refinancing can be used to purchase such investment. The benefits of the refinancing may include an increased cash flow resulting from reduced debt service requirements, an increase in distributions from proceeds of the refinancing, and an increase in property ownership if refinancing proceeds are reinvested in real estate.

Except with respect to the borrowing limits contained in our charter, we may reevaluate and change our debt policy in the future without a stockholder vote. Factors that we would consider when reevaluating or changing our debt policy include: then-current economic conditions, the relative cost of debt and equity capital, any acquisition opportunities, the ability of our properties and other investments to generate sufficient cash flow to cover debt service requirements and other similar factors. We will not borrow from our advisor or its affiliates to purchase properties or make other investments unless a majority of our independent directors approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances.

Listing or Liquidation Policy

We intend to complete a transaction providing liquidity for our stockholders within four to six years from the completion of our offering stage. We will consider our offering stage complete when we are no longer publicly offering equity securities that are not listed on a national securities exchange, whether through this offering or follow-on public offerings and have not done so for one year. A liquidity event could include: (1) the sale of all or substantially all of our assets either on a portfolio basis or individually followed by a liquidation, (2) a merger or another transaction approved by our board of directors in which our stockholders will receive cash and/or shares of a publicly traded company or (3) a listing of our shares on a national securities exchange. In making the decision to apply for listing of our shares, our directors will try to determine whether listing our shares or liquidating our assets will result in greater value for our stockholders. One of the factors our board of directors will consider when making this determination is the liquidity needs of our stockholders. We cannot predict the exact date by which we will complete a liquidity event, as market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange or the commencement of our liquidation beyond six years from the termination of our offering stage. The sale of all, or substantially all, of our assets as well as liquidation would require the affirmative vote of a majority of our then outstanding shares of common stock. A public market for our shares may allow us to increase our size, portfolio diversity, stockholder liquidity and access to capital. There is no assurance however that we will list our shares or that a public market will develop if we list our shares.

If we do not begin the process of listing our shares of common stock on a national securities exchange by the end of six years from the completion of our offering stage, or have not otherwise completed a liquidity event by such date, our charter requires that we seek stockholder approval of the liquidation of the company, unless a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of independent directors, determines that liquidation is not then in the best interests of our stockholders. If a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, determines that liquidation is not then in the best interests of our stockholders, our charter requires that a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, revisit the issue of liquidation at least annually. Further postponement of listing or stockholder action regarding liquidation would only be permitted if a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, again determined that liquidation would not be in the best interest of our stockholders. If we sought and failed to obtain stockholder approval of our liquidation, our charter would not require us to list or liquidate, and we could continue to operate as before. If we sought and obtained stockholder approval of our liquidation, we would begin an orderly sale of our properties and other assets.

Even if we decide to liquidate, we are under no obligation to conclude our liquidation within a set time because the timing of the sale of our assets will depend on real estate and financial markets, economic conditions of the areas in which the properties are located, and federal income tax effects on stockholders that may prevail in the future. We cannot assure you that we will be able to liquidate all of our assets. After commencing a liquidation, we would continue in existence until all properties and other assets are liquidated.

Charter Imposed Investment Limitations

Our charter places numerous limitations on us with respect to the manner in which we may invest our funds or issue securities prior to our shares being listed on a national securities exchange. Prior to such date, we will not:

In addition, our charter includes many other investment limitations in connection with conflict-of-interest transactions, which limitations are described herein under “Conflicts of Interest.” Our charter also includes restrictions on roll-up transactions, which are described under “Description of Capital Stock” below.

Investment Company Act Considerations

We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we, nor our operating partnership nor the subsidiaries of our operating partnership are required to register as investment companies under the Investment Company Act.

Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer’s total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the “40% Test.” Excluded from the term “investment securities,” among other things, are U.S. government securities and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. Accordingly, under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, in relevant part, a company is not deemed to be an “investment company” if: (i) it neither is, nor holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, nor proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities; and (ii) it neither is engaged nor proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and does not own or propose to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets on an unconsolidated basis. We believe that we, our operating partnership and most of the subsidiaries of our operating partnership will not fall within either definition of investment company as we intend to invest primarily in real property through our wholly or majority owned subsidiaries, the majority of which we expect will have at least 60% of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own real property. As these subsidiaries would be investing either solely or primarily in real property, they would not be within the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act. We are organized as a holding company that conducts its business primarily through the operating partnership, which in turn is a holding company conducting its business through its subsidiaries, both we and our operating partnership intend to conduct our operations so that they comply with the 40% Test. We will monitor our holdings to ensure continuing and ongoing compliance with this test. In addition, we believe neither we nor our operating partnership will be considered an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act because neither we nor our operating partnership will engage primarily or hold ourself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, through the operating partnership’s wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, we and the operating partnership will be engaged primarily in the non-investment company businesses of these subsidiaries.

Even if the value of investment securities held by our subsidiaries were to exceed 40%, we expect our subsidiaries to be able to rely on the exclusion from the definition of “investment company” provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. Section 3(c)(5)(C), as interpreted by the staff of the SEC, requires our subsidiaries to invest at least 55% of its portfolio in “mortgage and other liens on and interests in real estate,” which we refer to as “qualifying real estate assets” and maintain at least 80% of its assets in qualifying real estate assets or other real estate-related assets. The remaining 20% of the portfolio can consist of miscellaneous assets.

For purposes of the exclusions provided by Sections 3(c)(5)(C), we will classify the investments made by our subsidiaries based on no-action letters issued by the SEC staff and other SEC interpretive guidance. Whole loans will be classified as qualifying real estate assets, as long as the loans are “fully secured” by an interest in real estate at the time our subsidiary originates or acquires the loan. We will consider loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 100% to be real estate-related assets. We will treat mezzanine loan investments as qualifying real estate assets so long as they are structured as “Tier 1” mezzanine loans in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Capital Trust, Inc., SEC No-Action Letter (May 24, 2007).

Consistent with the guidance provided by the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the SEC, we will consider a participation in a whole mortgage loan and subordinate loans to be a qualifying real estate asset only if (1) our subsidiary has a participation interest in a mortgage loan that is fully secured by real property; (2) our subsidiary has the right to receive its proportionate share of the interest and the principal payments made on the loan by the borrower, and its returns on the loan are based on such payments; (3) our subsidiary invests only after performing the same type of due diligence and credit underwriting procedures that it would perform if it were underwriting the underlying mortgage loan; (4) our subsidiary has approval rights in connection with any material decisions pertaining to the administration and servicing of the loan and with respect to any material modification to the loan agreements; and (5) in the event that the loan becomes non-performing, our subsidiary has effective control over the remedies relating to the enforcement of the mortgage loan, including ultimate control of the foreclosure process, by having the right to: (a) appoint the special servicer to manage the resolution of the loan; (b) advise, direct or approve the actions of the special servicer; (c) terminate the special servicer at any time with or without cause; (d) cure the default so that the mortgage loan is no longer non-performing; and (e) purchase the senior loan at par plus accrued interest, thereby acquiring the entire mortgage loan. With respect to construction loans which are funded over time, we will consider the outstanding balance ( i.e. , the amount of the loan actually drawn) as a qualifying real estate asset. The SEC has not issued no-action letters specifically addressing construction loans. If the SEC takes a position in the future that is contrary to our classification, we will modify our classification accordingly.

We will treat investments by our subsidiaries in securities issued by companies primarily engaged in the real estate business, interests in securitized real estate loan pools, loans fully secured by a lien on the subject real estate and additional assets of the real estate developer (which may include equity interests in the developer entity and a pledge of additional assets of the developer including parcels of undeveloped or developed real estate), and any loans with a loan-to-value ratio in excess of 100% as real estate-related assets. Commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations will also be treated as real-estate related assets.

Consistent with guidance issued by the SEC, we will treat our subsidiaries’ joint venture investments as qualifying assets that come within the 55% basket only if we have the right to approve major decisions affecting the joint venture; otherwise, they will be classified as real-estate related assets.

The treatment of any other investments as qualifying real estate assets and real estate-related assets will be based on the characteristics of the underlying collateral and the particular type of loan (including whether we have foreclosure rights with respect to those securities or loans that have underlying real estate collateral) and will be consistent with SEC guidance.

In the event that we, or our operating partnership, were to acquire assets that could make either entity fall within the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, we believe that we would still qualify for an exclusion from registration pursuant to Section 3(c)(6). Section 3(c)(6) excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority owned subsidiaries, in one or more of certain specified businesses. These specified businesses include the business described in Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. It also excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority owned subsidiaries, in one or more of such specified businesses from which at least 25% of such company’s gross income during its last fiscal year is derived, together with any additional business or businesses other than investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. Although the SEC staff has issued little interpretive guidance with respect to Section 3(c)(6), we believe that we and our operating partnership may rely on Section 3(c)(6) if 55% of the assets of our operating partnership consist of, and at least 55% of the income of our operating partnership is derived from, qualifying real estate investment assets owned by wholly owned or majority owned subsidiaries of our operating partnership.

Finally, to maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act exceptions, we, our operating company or our subsidiaries may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we, our operating partnership or our subsidiaries may have to acquire additional income-or loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire and that may be important to our investment strategy. If our subsidiaries fail to satisfy the requirements of Section 3(c)(5)(C) and cannot rely on any other exemption or exclusion under the Investment Company Act, we could be characterized as an investment company. Our adviser will continually review our investment activity to attempt to ensure that we will not be regulated as an investment company. Among other things, our advisor will attempt to monitor the proportion of our portfolio that is placed in investments in securities.

Disclosure Policies with Respect to Future Probable Acquisitions

Except as disclosed in a supplement to this prospectus, we have not acquired or contracted to acquire any specific assets. Affiliates of our advisor are continually evaluating various potential investments and engaging in discussions and negotiations with sellers, developers and potential tenants regarding the purchase and development of properties and other investments for us and other programs sponsored by Bluerock. While this offering is pending, if we believe that a reasonable probability exists that we will acquire a property, group of properties or other assets, the purchase price of which exceeds 10% of our total assets, based on our most recent balance sheet that gives effect to any previous acquisitions, that were probable or completed since the date of the last balance sheet, this prospectus will be supplemented to disclose the probability of acquiring the asset. We expect that this will normally occur upon the signing of a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a specific asset, but may occur before or after such signing or upon the satisfaction or expiration of major contingencies in any such purchase agreement, depending on the particular circumstances surrounding each potential investment. A supplement to this prospectus will describe any improvements proposed to be constructed thereon and other information that we consider appropriate for an understanding of the transaction. Further data will be made available after any pending acquisition is consummated, also by means of a supplement to this prospectus, if appropriate.

You should understand that the disclosure of any proposed acquisition cannot be relied upon as an assurance that we will ultimately consummate such acquisition or that the information provided concerning the proposed acquisition will not change between the date of the supplement and any actual purchase.

MANAGEMENT

Our Board of Directors

We operate under the direction of our board of directors. The board is responsible for the management and control of our affairs. The board has retained our advisor to manage our day-to-day operations and our portfolio of real estate assets, subject to the board’s supervision.

Our directors are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. This means that our directors must perform their duties in good faith and in a manner each director believes to be in our and our stockholders’ best interests. Further, our directors must act with such care as an ordinarily prudent person in a similar position would use under similar circumstances. However, our directors and executive officers are not required to devote all of their time to our business and must only devote such time to our affairs as their duties may require. We do not expect that our directors will be required to devote a substantial portion of their time to us in discharging their duties.

In general, a majority of the independent directors must approve matters relating to minimum capital, duties of directors, the advisory agreement, liability and indemnification of directors, advisor or affiliate fees, compensation and expenses, investment policies, leverage and borrowing policies, meetings of stockholders, stockholders’ election of directors, and our distribution reinvestment plan. At the first meeting of our board of directors consisting of a majority of independent directors, our charter and each of the above matters were reviewed and ratified by a vote of the directors and a majority of the independent directors.

We have five directors, three of whom are independent directors. An “independent” director is a person who is not one of our officers or employees or an officer or employee of our advisor or its affiliates and has not been so for the previous two years. Serving as a director of, or having an ownership interest in, another program sponsored by Bluerock will not, by itself, preclude independent director status.

Each director will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualifies. The presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at any stockholder meeting constitutes a quorum. With respect to the election of directors, each candidate nominated for election to the board of directors must receive a majority of the votes present, in person or by proxy, in order to be elected.

Although our board of directors may increase or decrease the number of directors, a decrease may not have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Any director may resign at any time or may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. The notice of the meeting will indicate that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to determine if the director shall be removed.

A vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors or the death, resignation, removal, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity of a director may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred.

In addition to meetings of the various committees of the board, which committees we describe below, we expect our directors to hold at least four regular board meetings each year.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors may establish committees it deems appropriate to address specific areas in more depth than may be possible at a full board meeting, provided that the majority of the members of each committee are independent directors. Our board of directors has established an audit committee and an investment committee.

We do not currently have a compensation committee because we do not plan to pay any compensation to our officers since we are externally managed by our advisor and have no employees.

Audit Committee

Our board of directors has established an audit committee. The audit committee meets on a regular basis, at least quarterly and more frequently as necessary. The audit committee’s primary functions are:

The audit committee is comprised of three individuals, all of whom are independent directors. The audit committee also considers and approves the audit and non-audit services and fees provided by the independent public accountants.

The members of our audit committee are Brian D. Bailey, I. Bobby Majumder and Romano Tio.

The background and experience of Messrs. Bailey, Majumder and Tio are described below in “Management —Our Executive Officers and Directors.”

Investment Committee

Our board of directors has delegated to the investment committee (1) certain responsibilities with respect to investments in specific real estate and real estate-related investments proposed by our advisor and (2) the authority to review our investment policies and procedures on an ongoing basis and recommend any changes to our board of directors.

Our board of directors has delegated to the investment committee the authority to approve all real property acquisitions, developments and dispositions, including real property portfolio acquisitions, developments and dispositions, as well as all real estate-related investments and all other investments in real estate consistent with our investment objectives, for investments costing up to $50 million, including any financing of such investment. The board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, must approve all investments for an investment costing greater than $50 million, including the financing of such investment. Our advisor will recommend suitable investments for consideration by the investment committee. If the members of the investment committee approve a given investment, then our advisor will be directed to make such investment on our behalf, if such investment can be completed on terms approved by the committee. Investments may be acquired from our advisor or its affiliates or our officers and directors or their affiliates, provided that a majority of our board of directors (including a majority of the independent directors), not otherwise interested in the transaction, approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to our company and at a price to our company no greater than the cost of the investments to our advisor, its affiliates or any of our officers and directors, unless substantial justification exists for a price in excess of the cost to the affiliate and the excess is reasonable.

The members of our Investment Committee are James G. Babb, III, Brian D. Bailey and Romano Tio.

The background and experience of Messrs. Babb, Bailey and Tio are described below in “Management — Our Executive Officers and Directors.”

Our Executive Officers and Directors

The individuals listed as our executive officers below also serve as officers and employees of our advisor. As executive officers of the advisor, they serve to manage the day-to-day affairs and carry out the directives of our board of directors in the review, selection and recommendation of investment opportunities and operating acquired investments and monitoring the performance of those investments to ensure that they are consistent with our investment objectives. The duties that these executive officers perform on our behalf will not involve the review, selection and recommendation of investment opportunities, but rather the performance of corporate governance activities on our behalf that require the attention of one of our corporate officers, including signing certifications required under Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, for filing with the our periodic reports.

The following table and biographical descriptions set forth certain information with respect to the individuals who are our executive officers and directors:

* As of April 1, 2012

R. Ramin Kamfar, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer . Mr. Kamfar serves as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and is the Chief Executive Officer of our advisor. He has also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bluerock since its inception in October 2002. Mr. Kamfar has approximately 20 years of experience in building operating companies, and in various aspects of real estate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investing, investment banking, public and private financings, and retail operations.

From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Kamfar worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, New York, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private placements. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Kamfar was the CEO and Chairman of New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (now known as Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc (NASDAQ: BAGL)), a company he founded and grew through a consolidation and turnaround of several companies to approximately 800 locations and $400 million in gross revenues and a portfolio of brands which included Einstein Bros. ^® and Noah’s NY Bagels ^® . From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Kamfar served as an active investor, advisor and member of the Board of Directors of Vsource, Inc., a technology company subsequently sold to Symphony House (KL: SYMPHNY), a leading business process outsourcing company focused on the Fortune 500 and Global 500. Mr. Kamfar received an M.B.A. degree with distinction in Finance in 1988 from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree with distinction in Finance in 1985 from the University of Maryland located in College Park, Maryland.

James G. Babb, III, President and Chief Investment Officer . Mr. Babb serves as our President and Chief Investment Officer and is on our board of directors, and is the President and Chief Investment Officer of our advisor. Mr. Babb is also the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Bluerock, which he joined in July 2007. He oversees all real estate sourcing, diligence, structuring and acquisitions for Bluerock. He has been involved exclusively in real estate acquisition, management, financing and disposition for more than 20 years, primarily on behalf of investment funds since 1992.

From 1992 to August 2003, Mr. Babb helped lead the residential and office acquisitions initiatives for Starwood Capital Group, or Starwood Capital, most recently as a Senior Vice President. Starwood Capital was formed in 1992 and during his tenure raised and invested funds on behalf of institutional investors through seven private real estate funds, each of which had investment objectives similar to ours (but not limited to multifamily investments), and which in the aggregate ultimately invested approximately $8 billion in approximately 250 separate transactions. During such period, Mr. Babb led or shared investment responsibility for over 75 investment transactions totaling approximately $2.5 billion of asset value in more than 20 million square feet of residential, office and industrial properties located in 25 states and seven foreign countries, including a significant number of transactions that were contributed to the initial public offering of Equity Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR), and to create i Star Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI). Mr. Babb was also active in Starwood Capital’s efforts to expand its platform to invest in Europe. From August 2003 to July 2007, Mr. Babb founded his own principal investment company, Bluepoint Capital, LLC. Bluepoint was a private real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, development and/or redevelopment of residential and commercial properties in the Northeast United States and Western Europe. Mr. Babb received a B.A. degree in Economics in 1987 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jordan B. Ruddy, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer . Jordan Ruddy serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of our company and of our advisor. Mr. Ruddy is also the President and Chief Operating Officer for Bluerock, which he joined in 2002. Mr. Ruddy has 20 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, financings, management and dispositions.

From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Ruddy served as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities LLC, where he was responsible for various types of real estate investment banking transactions including equity offerings, debt placements and asset sales. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Ruddy served as Vice President of Amerimar Enterprises, a real estate company specializing in value-added investments nationwide, where he managed acquisitions, financings, leasing, asset management and dispositions involving over 1,500,000 square feet of commercial and multifamily real estate. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Ruddy served as an investment banker at Smith Barney Inc., where he was responsible for various types of real estate investment banking transactions including equity offerings, debt placements and asset sales. From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Ruddy served in the real estate department of The Chase Manhattan Bank, most recently as a Second Vice President. Mr. Ruddy received an M.B.A. degree in Finance and Real Estate in 1995 from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree with high honors in Economics in 1986 from the London School of Economics, located in London, England.

Jerold E. Novack, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer . Mr. Novack serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our company and our advisor. Mr. Novack has also served as the Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer of Bluerock since October 2004. Mr. Novack has over 25 years of experience in public and private financings, operations and management.

From June 1994 to April 2002, Mr. Novack served in senior financial positions of New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (now known as Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL)), including as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1982 to 1993, Mr. Novack held various senior financial positions at several specialty retail chains, including Mercantile Department Stores and Brooks Fashion Stores. Mr. Novack received a B.S. degree in Accounting in 1976 from Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Michael L. Konig, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel . Mr. Konig serves as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of our company and our advisor. Mr. Konig has also served as counsel for Bluerock and its affiliates since December 2004. Mr. Konig has over 20 years of experience in law and business.

From 1987 to 1997, Mr. Konig was an attorney at the firms of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis and Ravin Sarasohn Cook Baumgarten Fisch & Baime, representing borrowers and lenders in numerous financing transactions, primarily involving real estate, distressed real estate and Chapter 11 reorganizations, as well with respect to a broad variety of litigation and corporate law matters. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Konig served as legal counsel, including as General Counsel, at New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (now known as Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL)). From 2002 to December 2004, Mr. Konig served as Senior Vice President of Roma Food Enterprises, Inc. where he led operations and the restructuring and sale of the privately held company with approximately $300 million in annual revenues. Mr. Konig received a J.D. degree cum laude in 1987 from California Western School of Law, located in San Diego, California, and an M.B.A. degree in Finance in 1988 from San Diego State University.

Brian D. Bailey, Independent Director . Mr. Bailey has served as one of our independent directors since January 2009. Mr. Bailey has more than 15 years of experience in sourcing, evaluating, structuring and managing private investments, as well as 8 years of experience with real estate and real estate-related debt financing. Mr. Bailey founded and currently serves as Managing Member of Carmichael Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. From December 2008 to December 2009, Mr. Bailey served as a Senior Advisor of Carousel Capital, LLC, a private equity investment firm. From April 2000 to December 2008, Mr. Bailey served as a Managing Partner of Carousel Capital. Since its inception, Carousel has made portfolio investments in more than 25 operating companies and has completed numerous additional acquisitions and financings related to these portfolio companies, including sale leaseback transactions, and has utilized such financings in several of its investments. Mr. Bailey’s duties at Carousel Capital included sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, managing the firm’s investment process, serving on the firm’s Investment Committee, managing the firm’s fundraising efforts and communications with its limited partners and Board of Advisors, and serving as a director on the boards of certain portfolio companies, some of which have meaningful real estate assets on their balance sheets. Thus, Mr. Bailey has been involved in the management of numerous real estate issues over the course of his involvement with such portfolio companies. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Bailey was a team member of Forstmann Little & Co., a private equity firm in New York, New York. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Bailey was a Principal at the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm in Washington, D.C. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bailey worked in the leveraged buyout group at CS First Boston in New York, New York and in the mergers and acquisitions group at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Bailey has also worked in the public sector, as Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the President at the White House from 1994 to 1996 and as Director of Strategic Planning and Policy at the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1994. He currently serves as a director of the Telecommunications Development Fund, a private equity investment fund headquartered in Washington, DC, and as a trustee at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Mr. Bailey received a B.A. degree in Mathematics and Economics in 1988 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. degree in 1992 from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, located in Stanford, California.

I. Bobby Majumder, Independent Director . Mr. Majumder has served as one of our independent directors since January 2009. Mr. Majumder became a partner at the law firm of K&L Gates LLP in May 2005, where he specializes in corporate and securities transactions with an emphasis on the representation of underwriters, placement agents and issuers in both public and private offerings, private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions and venture capital and private equity funds. From January 2000 to April 2005, Mr. Majumder was a partner at the firm of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. Through his law practice, Mr. Majumder has gained significant experience relating to the acquisition of a number of types of real property assets including raw land, improved real estate and oil and gas interests. He is an active member of the Park Cities Rotary Club, a charter member of the Dallas Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs and an Associates Board member of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Majumder received a J.D. degree in 1993 from Washington and Lee University School of Law, located in Lexington, Virginia, and a B.A. degree in 1990 from Trinity University, located in San Antonio, Texas.

Romano Tio, Independent Director . Mr. Tio has served as one of our independent directors since January 2009. Mr. Tio serves as Managing Director at RM Capital Management LLC, a boutique investment and advisory firm focused on investing in distressed commercial mortgages at discounts that provide attractive risk adjusted returns. From January 2008 to May 2009, Mr. Tio served as a Managing Director and co-head of the commercial real estate efforts of HCP Real Estate Investors, LLC, an affiliate of Harbinger Capital Partners Funds, a $10+ billion private investment firm specializing in event/distressed strategies. From August 2003 until December 2007, Mr. Tio was a Managing Director at Carlton Group Ltd., a boutique real estate investment banking firm where he was involved in over $2.5 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tio was involved in real estate sales and brokerage for 25 years. Mr. Tio received a B.S. degree in Biochemistry in 1982 from Hofstra University located in Hempstead, New York.

Selection of Our Board of Directors

In determining the composition of our board of directors, our goal was to assemble a group of individuals of sound character, judgment and business acumen, whose varied backgrounds, leadership experience and real estate experience would complement each other to bring a diverse set of skills and perspectives to the board.

Mr. Kamfar, who controls our sponsor, was chosen to serve as the Chairman of the Board because, as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kamfar is well positioned to provide essential insight and guidance to the board from the inside perspective of the day-to-day operations of the company. Furthermore, Mr. Kamfar brings to the board approximately 20 years of experience in building operating companies, and in various aspects of real estate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investing, public and private financings, and retail operations. His experience with complex financial and operational issues in the real estate industry, as well as his strong leadership ability and business acumen make him critical to proper functioning of our board.

Mr. Babb was selected to serve as one of our directors because of his extensive expertise in real estate acquisition, management, finance and disposition. With more than 20 years of experience investing in and managing real estate investments, Mr. Babb offers key insights and perspective with respect to our real estate portfolio. As one of our executive officers and the Chief Investment Officer of our advisor, Mr. Babb also informs and advises the board with respect to the critical operational issues facing our company.

Mr. Bailey was selected as one of our independent directors to leverage his extensive experience in sourcing, evaluating, structuring and managing private equity investments and his experience related to real estate and real estate-related debt financing. In addition, Mr. Bailey’s prior service on the audit committees of numerous privately-held companies provides him with the requisite skills and knowledge to serve effectively on our audit committee.

Mr. Majumder was selected as one of our independent directors due to his depth of legal experience in advising clients with respect to corporate and securities transactions, including representations of underwriters, placement agents and issuers in both public and private offerings. Mr. Majumder also brings with him significant legal experience relating to the acquisition of a number of types of real estate assets.

Mr. Tio was selected as one of our independent directors as a result of his demonstrated leadership skill and industry-specific experience developed through a number of high-level management positions with investment and advisory firms specialized in the commercial real estate sector.

Our Advisor

We are externally managed and advised by Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Advisor, LLC. Our officers and two of our directors are also officers of our advisor. Our advisor is primarily responsible for managing our day-to-day business affairs and assets and carrying out the directives of our board of directors. Our advisor has contractual and fiduciary responsibilities to us and our stockholders. Bluerock serves as the manager of our advisor. Our advisor will conduct our operations and manage our portfolio of real estate and real estate-related investments. We have no paid employees.

The executive officers of our advisor are as follows:

*As of April 1, 2012

The background and experience of Messrs. Kamfar, Babb, Novack, Ruddy and Konig are described above in “Manage-ment — Our Executive Officers and Directors.”

Our Sponsor — Bluerock Real Estate, L.L.C.

Bluerock is a national real estate investment firm headquartered in Manhattan with a regional office in Southfield, Michigan. Bluerock focuses on acquiring, managing, developing and syndicating stabilized, value-added and opportunistic multifamily and commercial properties throughout the United States. Bluerock and its principals have collectively sponsored or structured real estate transactions totaling approximately 25 million square feet and with approximately $3 billion in value. Mr. Kamfar controls Bluerock. Mr. Babb is Bluerock’s Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director. Mr. Babb has been involved exclusively in real estate acquisition, management, financing and disposition for more than 20 years, primarily on behalf of investment funds since 1992, including as one of the founding team members and as a Senior Vice President of Starwood Capital, an investment management firm specializing in real estate and real estate-related investments on behalf of institutional investors. Mr. Babb is the President and Chief Investment Officer of our company and of our advisor. See “— Our Advisor’s Chief Investment Officer.”

Our Advisor’s Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Babb is the President and Chief Investment Officer of our company and of our advisor. Prior to his tenure with Bluerock, Mr. Babb was a founder and Senior Vice President of Starwood Capital where he was involved in the formation of the Starwood Funds with investment objectives similar to ours (but not focused solely on apartment sector investments) and that have invested an aggregate of approximately $8 billion (including equity, debt and investment of income and sales proceeds) in approximately 250 separate transactions. During his tenure with Starwood Capital, Mr. Babb either personally led or shared investment responsibility for the following:

By noting Mr. Babb’s prior role in the raising of capital from institutional investors, we do not suggest that we are assured of raising funds in this offering from such investors. If institutional investors do participate in this offering, they would likely invest in amounts entitling them to volume discounts such that their returns, if any, would likely be greater than those who purchase shares in this offering at $10 per share.

In addition, you should note that Bluerock has not sponsored the funds and programs formed or participated in by Mr. Babb, and you should not assume that you will experience returns comparable to those experienced by investors in those programs, or that the investment opportunities similar to those available to those programs will be available to us. Therefore, investors who purchase shares of our common stock will not thereby acquire any ownership interest in Starwood Capital or the Starwood Funds, and the information presented here regarding Starwood Capital and Starwood Funds is provided solely for you to evaluate Mr. Babb’s experience and expertise.

Our Dealer Manager

Bluerock Capital Markets, our dealer manager, is a member firm of FINRA and was organized in 2005 under the name Halcyon Capital Markets. In 2011, an affiliate of our sponsor acquired Halcyon Capital Markets and changed its name to Bluerock Capital Markets. Bluerock Capital Markets was acquired for the purpose of participating in and facilitating the distribution of securities of Bluerock sponsored programs. Bluerock controls our dealer manager. See “Prospectus Summary—Organizational Chart for Our Company, Our Advisor, Our Dealer Manager, and Affiliates.” Bluerock Capital Markets provides certain wholesaling, sales, promotional and marketing assistance services to us in connection with the distribution of the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus.

Compensation of Directors and Officers

Director Compensation

We pay each of our independent directors an annual retainer of $25,000. In addition, we will pay our independent directors $2,500 in cash per board meeting attended, $2,000 in cash for each committee meeting attended, and $1,000 in cash for each teleconference meeting of the board or any committee. All directors will receive reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the board of directors.

We have approved and adopted an independent directors compensation plan, which will operate as a sub-plan of our Incentive Plan as described below. See “—Incentive Stock Plan.” Under the independent directors compensation plan and subject to such plan’s conditions and restrictions, each of our current independent directors received, in connection with the commencement of this offering, 5,000 shares of restricted stock. Going forward, each new independent director that joins the board will receive 5,000 shares of restricted stock upon election or appointment to the board. In addition, on the date following an independent director’s re-election to the board, he or she will receive 2,500 shares of restricted stock. Restricted stock will generally vest as to 20% of the shares on the date of grant and as to 20% of the shares on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restricted stock will become fully vested on the earlier occurrence of (1) the termination of the grantee’s service as a director due to his or her death, disability or termination without cause or (2) the occurrence of a change in our control.

Executive Officer Compensation

We do not currently have any employees and our company’s executive officers are employed by our advisor. We will not reimburse our advisor for compensation paid to our executive officers. Officers will be eligible for awards under our Incentive Plan, however, we currently do not intend to grant any such awards. As of the date of this prospectus, no awards have been granted to our executive officers under our Incentive Plan.

The Advisory Agreement

Under the terms of the advisory agreement, our advisor will use its reasonable efforts to present us with investment opportunities that provide a continuing and suitable investment program for us consistent with our investment policies and objectives as adopted by our board of directors. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, our advisor will manage our day-to-day operations, retain the property managers for our property investments (subject to the authority of our board of directors and officers) and perform other duties, including:

The advisory agreement has a one-year term but may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods upon the mutual consent of our advisor and us. Additionally, either party may terminate the advisory agreement without penalty upon 60 days’ written notice and, in such event, our advisor must cooperate with us and our directors in making an orderly transition of the advisory function. Upon termination of the advisory agreement, our advisor may be entitled to previously earned but unpaid fees and to convert the convertible stock it holds. See “Management Compensation” for a detailed discussion of the fees payable to our advisor under the advisory agreement. We also describe in that section our obligation to reimburse our advisor for organization and offering expenses, the costs of providing services to us (other than for services for which it earns specified fees) and payments made by our advisor to third parties in connection with potential investments.

Our advisor and its affiliates may engage in other business ventures, and, as a result, they will not dedicate their resources exclusively to our business. However, pursuant to the advisory agreement, our advisor must devote sufficient resources to our business to discharge its obligations to us. Our advisor may assign the advisory agreement to an affiliate upon our approval. We may assign or transfer the advisory agreement to a successor entity.

Our advisor is subject to the supervision of our board of directors and, except as expressly provided in the advisory agreement, has only such additional functions as are delegated to it. In addition, our advisor will have a fiduciary duty to our company’s stockholders. A copy of the advisory agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain a copy from us.

Other Services

In addition to the services described above to be provided by our advisor and its affiliates, affiliates of our advisor may provide other property-level services to our company and may receive compensation for such services, including leasing, loan servicing, property tax reduction and risk management fees. However, under no circumstances will such compensation exceed an amount that would be paid to non-affiliated third parties for similar services. A majority of the independent directors must approve all compensation for such other services paid to our advisor or any of its affiliates.

Annual Determination of Fees and Expenses by Independent Directors

The independent directors will determine, from time to time but at least annually, that the total fees and expenses of our company are reasonable in light of our investment performance, our net assets, our net income and the fees and expenses of other comparable unaffiliated REITs. This determination will be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of our board of directors. For purposes of this determination, net assets are our company’s total assets, other than intangibles, calculated at cost before deducting depreciation, bad debt or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities and computed at least quarterly on a consistently applied basis.

In addition, the independent directors will determine from time to time, but at least annually, that the compensation that we contract to pay to our advisor is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services performed and that such compensation is within the limits prescribed by any applicable state regulatory authorities. The independent directors will also supervise the performance of our advisor and the compensation paid to it to determine that the provisions of the advisory agreement are being carried out. The independent directors will base each determination on the factors set forth below and other factors that they deem relevant. This determination also will be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors. Such factors include:

Possible Internalization

Many REITs that are listed on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on a national market system are considered “self-administered” because the employees of the REIT perform all significant management functions. In contrast, REITs that are not self-administered, like our company, typically engage a third-party to perform management functions on its behalf. Accordingly, if we apply to have our shares listed for trading on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on a national market system, it may be in our best interest to become self-administered. The method by which we could internalize these functions could involve one of several different forms. If the independent directors determine that we should become self-administered, the advisory agreement contemplates the internalization of our advisor into our company and the termination of the advisory agreement and property management agreement, with the consideration in such internalization and for such termination to be determined by our company and our advisor. In the event our advisor is internalized into our company, many of our advisor’s key employees will become employees of our company. In such an internalization transaction, there is no assurance that we will realize the perceived benefits of such a transaction or that we will be able to integrate a new staff of managers or employees. While we would then be relieved of paying fees to our advisor under the advisory agreement, we would be required to pay the salaries of our advisor’s employees and related costs and expenses formerly absorbed by our advisor under the advisory agreement. Finally, internalization transactions have been the subject of litigation, and defending against claims from such litigation could reduce the amounts available for investment. See “Risk Factors — Investment Risks — If we internalize our management functions, the percentage of our outstanding common stock owned by our other stockholders could be reduced, and we could incur other significant costs associated with being self-managed.”

Incentive Stock Plan

We have adopted the Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the Incentive Plan, in order to enable us to (1) provide an incentive to our employees, officers, directors, and consultants and employees and officers of our advisor to increase the value of our common stock, (2) give such persons a stake in our future that corresponds to the stake of each of our stockholders, and (3) obtain or retain the services of these persons who are considered essential to our long-term success, by offering such persons an opportunity to participate in our growth through ownership of our common stock or through other equity-related awards. We intend to issue awards only to our independent directors under our Incentive Plan (which awards will be granted under the independent directors compensation plan as discussed above under “— Compensation of Directors and Officers”).

We have reserved and authorized an aggregate number of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under the Incentive Plan. In the event of a transaction between our company and our stockholders that causes the per-share value of our common stock to change (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or large nonrecurring cash dividend), the share authorization limits under the Incentive Plan will be adjusted proportionately, and the board of directors must make such adjustments to the Incentive Plan and awards as it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights immediately resulting from such transaction. In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of common stock into a lesser number of shares, the authorization limits under the Incentive Plan will automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the shares then subject to each award will automatically be adjusted proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price.

Our board of directors, or a committee of the board, administers the Incentive Plan, with sole authority to determine all of the terms and conditions of the awards, including whether the grant, vesting or settlement of awards may be subject to the attainment of one or more performance goals. The Incentive Plan provides for the granting of awards in the following forms to persons selected by the plan administrator for participation in the Incentive Plan:

Any stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Incentive Plan will have an exercise price or base price that is not less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant.

As described above under “— Compensation of Directors and Officers”, the board of directors has adopted a sub-plan to provide for regular grants of restricted stock to our independent directors.

No awards will be granted under either plan if the grant or vesting of the awards would jeopardize our status as a REIT under the Code or otherwise violate the ownership and transfer restrictions imposed under our charter. Unless otherwise determined by our board of directors, no award granted under the Incentive Plan will be transferable except through the laws of descent and distribution.

The Incentive Plan will automatically expire on the tenth anniversary of the date on which it is adopted, unless extended or earlier terminated by our board of directors. Our board of directors may terminate the Incentive Plan at any time. The expiration or other termination of the Incentive Plan will have no adverse impact on any award previously granted. The board of directors may amend the Incentive Plan at any time, but no amendment will adversely affect any award previously granted, and no amendment to the Incentive Plan will be effective without the approval of our stockholders if such approval is required by any law, regulation or rule applicable to the Incentive Plan.

Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents

Our charter limits the personal liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for monetary damages and requires us to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors, our officers, our advisor and its affiliates except to the extent prohibited by the Maryland General Corporation Law and as set forth below.

Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may limit in its charter the liability of directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages unless such liability results from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action.

In addition, the Maryland General Corporation Law allows directors and officers to be indemnified against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and expenses actually incurred in a proceeding unless the following can be established:

However, under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses.

Finally, the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

However, our charter provides that a director, our advisor and any affiliate of our advisor will be indemnified by us for losses suffered by such person and held harmless for losses suffered by us only if all of the following conditions are met:

The SEC takes the position that indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 is against public policy and unenforceable. Furthermore, our charter prohibits the indemnification of our directors, our advisor, its affiliates or any person acting as a broker-dealer for liabilities arising from or out of a violation of state or federal securities laws, unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

Our charter further provides that the advancement of funds to our directors and to our advisor and its affiliates for reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding for which indemnification is being sought is permissible only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: the proceeding relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on our behalf; the person seeking the advancement has provided us with written affirmation of such person’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification has been met; the legal proceeding was initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or, if by a stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such, a court of competent jurisdiction approves such advancement; and the person seeking the advancement undertakes in a written agreement to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by us, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

We have purchased and maintain insurance on behalf of all of our directors and executive officers against liability asserted against or incurred by them in their official capacities with us, whether or not we are required or have the power to indemnify them against the same liability.

MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION

The Compensation Table below outlines all the compensation that we will pay to our advisor and its affiliates, the dealer manager and the broker-dealers participating in this offering during the stages in the life of our company and other payments that are subordinated to achieving the returns listed in the table.

In addition to the services described above to be provided by our advisor and its affiliates, affiliates of our advisor may provide other property-level services to our company and may receive compensation for such services, including leasing, loan servicing, property tax reduction, development, construction management and risk management fees. However, under no circumstances will such compensation exceed an amount that would be paid to non-affiliated third parties for similar services. A majority of the independent directors must approve all compensation for such other services paid to our advisor or any of its affiliates.

We do not intend to pay our affiliates in shares of our common stock or units of limited partnership interests in our operating partnership for the services they provide to us, but we reserve the right to do so if our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, determines that it is prudent to do so under the circumstances.

In those instances in which there are maximum amounts or ceilings on the compensation which may be received by our advisor for services rendered, our advisor may not recover any amounts in excess of such ceilings or maximum amounts for those services by reclassifying such services under a different compensation or fee category.

Limitation on Operating Expenses

In the absence of a showing to the contrary, satisfactory to a majority of our independent directors, our total operating expenses will be deemed to be excessive if, in any fiscal year, they exceed the greater of:

Absent a satisfactory rationale, the independent directors have a fiduciary responsibility to limit such expenses to amounts that do not exceed these limitations.

Within 60 days after the end of any four fiscal quarters for which our total operating expenses for the 12 months then ended exceeded the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of net income, we will send our stockholders a written disclosure of such fact. Our advisor will reimburse us at the end of the fiscal quarter the amount by which the aggregate expenses paid or incurred by us exceed the limitations provided above, if such excess amount is not approved by a majority of our independent directors.

Total operating expenses include aggregate expenses of every character paid or incurred by us as determined under GAAP, including the fees we pay to our advisor. However, total operating expenses do not include:

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Our management will be subject to various conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates. Our independent directors have an obligation to function on our behalf in all situations in which a conflict of interest may arise and will have a fiduciary obligation to act on behalf of the stockholders. The material conflicts of interest are discussed below.

Competition for the Time and Service of Our Advisor and Its Affiliates

We rely on our advisor and its affiliates to select our properties and manage our assets and daily operations. Many of the same persons serve as directors, officers and employees of our company, our advisor and its affiliates. We estimate that our officers will devote between 25% and 75% of their time to our business. This amount will vary from week to week depending on our needs and the status of this offering, as well as the needs of our affiliates for which our officers perform functions. Certain of our advisor’s affiliates, including its principals, are presently, and plan in the future to continue to be, and our advisor plans in the future to be, involved with real estate programs and activities which are unrelated to us. As a result of these activities, our advisor, its employees and certain of its affiliates have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other activities in which they are or may become involved. Our advisor and its employees will devote only as much of their time to our business as our advisor, in its judgment, determines is reasonably required, which may be substantially less than their full time. Therefore, our advisor and its employees may experience conflicts of interest in allocating management time, services, and functions among us and other affiliates of our sponsors and any other business ventures in which they or any of their key personnel, as applicable, are or may become involved. This could result in actions that are more favorable to other affiliates of our sponsors than to us. However, our advisor believes that it and its affiliates have sufficient personnel to discharge fully their responsibilities to all of the activities of affiliates of our sponsors in which they are involved.

Allocation of Investment Opportunities

Bluerock has sponsored privately offered real estate programs and may in the future sponsor privately and publicly offered real estate programs that may have investment objectives similar to ours. As a result of this competition, certain investment opportunities may not be available to us. Our advisor and its affiliates could be subject to conflicts of interest between our company and other real estate programs.

Our advisor will present an investment opportunity to the affiliate for which the investment opportunity is most suitable in our advisor’s view. This determination is made by our advisor. However, our advisory agreement requires that our advisor inform our board of directors of the method to be applied by it in allocating investment opportunities among us and its other affiliates.

Affiliated Dealer Manager

Because Bluerock Capital Markets is an affiliate of our advisor, you will not have the benefit of an independent due diligence review and investigation of the type normally performed by an independent underwriter in connection with the offering of securities.

Acquisitions From Our Advisor and Its Affiliates

We may acquire properties or real estate-related investments from our advisor, directors, officers or their respective affiliates. The prices we pay for such properties or real estate-related investments will not be the subject of arm’s-length negotiations. However, we will not acquire a property or a real estate-related debt or investment from our advisor, directors, officers or its respective affiliates, including our officers and directors, unless a competent independent appraiser (a member in good standing of the Appraisal Institute) confirms that our purchase price is equal to or less than the property’s fair market value and a majority of our board of directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, including a majority of our independent directors, determines that the transaction and the purchase price are fair, reasonable and in our best interests. We cannot absolutely assure that the price we pay for any such property or real estate-related investment will not, in fact, exceed that which would be paid by an unaffiliated purchaser. In no event, however, will the cost of a property to our company exceed such property’s current appraised value. In the event that we acquire a property from our advisor or its affiliates such purchases will be limited, in the aggregate, to no more than 25% of the total proceeds raised in this offering as of the date of the transaction.

Joint Venture Investments

As of the date of this prospectus, all of our investments in equity interests in real property have been made through joint venture arrangements with affiliates of Bluerock as well as unaffiliated third parties. We expect that our advisor will continue to be presented with opportunities to purchase all or a portion of a property. In such instances, it is likely that we will continue to work together with other programs sponsored by Bluerock to apportion the assets within the property among us and the other programs in accordance with the investment objectives of the various programs. After such apportionment, the property would be owned by two or more programs sponsored by Bluerock or joint ventures composed of programs sponsored by affiliates of Bluerock. The negotiation of how to divide the property among the various programs will not be at arm’s length and conflicts of interest will arise in the process. Under our charter, the terms and conditions on which we invest in such joint ventures must be fair and reasonable to us and must be substantially the same as those received by the other joint venturers, both as determined by a majority of our board and a majority of our independent directors. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that we will be as successful as we otherwise would be if we enter into joint venture arrangements with other programs sponsored by Bluerock or with affiliates of our sponsor or advisor. It is possible that in connection with the purchase of a property or in the course of negotiations with other programs sponsored by Bluerock to allocate portions of such property, we may be required to purchase a property that we would otherwise consider inappropriate for our portfolio, in order to also purchase a property that our advisor considers desirable. Although independent appraisals of the assets comprising the property will be conducted prior to apportionment, it is possible that we could pay more for an asset in this type of transaction than we would pay in an arm’s-length transaction with a third party unaffiliated with our advisor.

Our advisor and its affiliates may have conflicts of interest in determining which Bluerock sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The terms pursuant to which affiliates of Bluerock manage one of our joint venture partners will differ from the terms pursuant to which our advisor manages us. Moreover, affiliates of our sponsor may also have a much more significant ownership interest in such joint venture partner than in us. As a result, our sponsor may have financial incentives to (1) recommend that we co-invest with such joint venture partner rather than pursue an investment opportunity on our own as the sole investor and (2) structure the terms of the joint venture in a way that favors such joint venture partner. In addition, the co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. Since our sponsor and its affiliates control both us and any affiliated co-venturer, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture do not have the benefit of arm's-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers.

Receipt of Fees and Other Compensation by Our Advisor and its Affiliates

Our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates receive the compensation as described in “Management Compensation.” The acquisition fee payable is based upon the purchase price of the properties we acquire and is payable to our advisor despite the lack of cash available to make distributions to our stockholders. In addition, a wholly owned subsidiary of our advisor receives the property management fee computed based upon the amount of gross revenues generated by our properties. To that extent, our advisor benefits from our retaining ownership of properties and leveraging our properties, while our stockholders may be better served by our disposing of a property or holding a property on an unleveraged basis.

Legal Counsel for us, Our Sponsor and Some of Our Affiliates is the Same Law Firm

Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC acts as legal counsel to us, our sponsor and some of our affiliates. Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC is not acting as counsel for any specific group of stockholders or any potential investor. There is a possibility in the future that the interests of the various parties may become adverse and, under the Code of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession, Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC may be precluded from representing any one or all of such parties. If any situation arises in which our interests appear to be in conflict with those of our advisor or our affiliates, additional counsel may be retained by one or more of the parties to assure that their interests are adequately protected. Moreover, should such a conflict not be readily apparent, Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC may inadvertently act in derogation of the interest of parties which could adversely affect us, and our ability to meet our investment objectives and, therefore, our stockholders.

Certain Conflict Resolution Measures

Allocation of Investment Opportunities

We rely on our sponsor, Bluerock, and the executive officers and real estate professionals of our sponsor acting on behalf of our advisor to identify suitable investments. Our sponsor currently serves as advisor or manager for other real estate investment programs and intends to sponsor future real estate programs with investment objectives similar to ours. As such, many investment opportunities may be suitable for us as well as other real estate programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor, and we will rely upon the same executive officers and real estate professionals to identify suitable investments for us as such other programs. When these real estate professionals direct investment opportunities to any real estate program sponsored or managed by Bluerock, they, in their sole discretion, will offer the opportunity to the program for which the investment opportunity is most suitable based on the investment objectives, portfolio and criteria of each program. As a result, these Bluerock real estate professionals could direct attractive investment opportunities to other entities or investors.

Our advisor’s success in generating investment opportunities for us and its fair allocation of opportunities among programs sponsored by its affiliates are important criteria in the determination by our independent directors to continue or renew our annual contract with our advisor. Our independent directors have a duty to ensure that our advisor fairly applies its method for allocating investment opportunities among the programs sponsored by our advisor or its affiliates.

Independent Directors

In order to ameliorate the risks created by conflicts of interest, our charter requires our board to be comprised of a majority of persons who are “independent” directors. An “independent” director is a person who is not one of our officers or employees or an officer or employee of our advisor or its affiliates and has not been so for the previous two years. Serving as a director of, or having an ownership interest in, another affiliated-sponsored program will not, by itself, preclude independent director status. The independent directors are, as a group, authorized to retain their own legal and financial advisors. Among the matters we expect the independent directors to act upon are:

A majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors will approve any investments we acquire from our sponsor, advisor and director, or any of their respective affiliates.

Charter Provisions Relating to Conflicts of Interest

In order to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts of interest, our charter contains a number of restrictions relating to conflicts of interest, including the following:

Advisor Compensation

Our charter requires that our independent directors evaluate at least annually whether the compensation that we contract to pay to our advisor and its affiliates is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and whether such compensation is within the limits prescribed by our charter. Our independent directors will supervise the performance of our advisor and its affiliates and the compensation we pay to them to determine whether the provisions of our compensation arrangements are being carried out. This evaluation will be based on the following factors as well as any other factors deemed relevant by the independent committee:

Term of Advisory Agreement

Each contract for the services of our advisor may not exceed one year, although there is no limit on the number of times that we may retain a particular advisor. The independent directors or our advisor may terminate our advisory agreement with our advisor without cause or penalty on 60 days’ written notice.

Our Acquisitions

We will not purchase or lease properties in which our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates has an interest without a determination by a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in such transaction that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us and at a price to us no greater than the cost of the property to the seller or lessor unless there is substantial justification for any amount that exceeds such cost and such excess amount is determined to be reasonable. In no event will we acquire any such property at an amount in excess of its appraised value as determined by an independent expert selected by our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction. An appraisal is “current” if obtained within the prior year. We will not sell or lease properties to our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction, determines the transaction is fair and reasonable to us. We expect that from time to time our advisor or its affiliates will temporarily enter into contracts relating to investment in properties and other assets, all or a portion of which is to be assigned to us prior to closing, or may purchase property or other investments in their own name and temporarily hold title for us.

Loans

We will not make any loans to our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates, except that we may make or invest in mortgage loans involving our advisor, our directors or their respective affiliates, provided that an appraisal of the underlying property is obtained from an independent appraiser and the transaction is approved as fair and reasonable to us and on terms no less favorable to us than those available from third parties. In addition, we must obtain a mortgagee’s or owner’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage and the condition of the title. Our charter prohibits us from making or investing in any mortgage loans that are subordinate to any mortgage or equity interest of our advisor, our directors or officers or any of their affiliates. In addition, we will not borrow from these affiliates unless a majority of our independent directors approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances. These restrictions on loans will only apply to advances of cash that are commonly viewed as loans, as determined by the board of directors. By way of example only, the prohibition on loans would not restrict advances of cash for legal expenses or other costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought nor would the prohibition limit our ability to advance reimbursable expenses incurred by directors or officers or our advisor or its affiliates.

Other Transactions Involving Affiliates

A majority of our independent directors must conclude that all other transactions, including joint ventures, between us and our advisor, any of our officers or directors or any of their affiliates are fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

Limitation on Operating Expenses

Our advisor must reimburse us the amount by which our aggregate total operating expenses for the four fiscal quarters then ended exceed the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, unless our independent directors has determined that such excess expenses were justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. If our independent directors determine that such excess expenses are justified, within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter, we will send our stockholders a written disclosure of such fact. “Average invested assets” means the average monthly book value of our assets during the 12-month period before deducting depreciation, bad debts or other non-cash reserves. “Total operating expenses” means all expenses paid or incurred by us, as determined under GAAP, that are in any way related to our operation, including advisory fees, but excluding (1) the expenses of raising capital such as organization and offering expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and stock exchange listing of our stock; (2) interest payments; (3) taxes; (4) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves; (5) reasonable incentive fees based on the gain from the sale of our assets; and (6) acquisition fees, origination fees, acquisition and origination expenses (including expenses relating to potential investments that we do not close), disposition fees on the resale of property and other expenses connected with the acquisition, origination, disposition and ownership of real estate interests, loans or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair and improvement of property).

Issuance of Options and Warrants to Certain Affiliates

Until our shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange, our charter prohibits the issuance of options or warrants to purchase our capital stock to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates (1) on terms more favorable than we offer such options or warrants to the general public or (2) in excess of an amount equal to 10% of our outstanding capital stock on the date of grant.

Repurchase of Our Shares

Our charter prohibits us from paying a fee to our advisor or our directors or officers or any of their affiliates in connection with our repurchase of our capital stock.

Reports to Stockholders

Our charter requires that we prepare and deliver an annual report and deliver to our stockholders within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year. Our directors are required to take reasonable steps to ensure that the annual report complies with our charter provisions. Among the matters that must be included in the annual report or included in a proxy statement delivered with the annual report are:

Voting of Shares Owned by Affiliates

Our charter prohibits our advisor, our directors and their affiliates from voting their shares regarding (1) the removal of our advisor, any such directors or any of their affiliates or (2) any transaction between any of them and us and further provides that, in determining the requisite percentage in interest of shares necessary to approve a matter on which our advisor, any such director and any of their affiliates may not vote or consent, any shares owned by any of them will not be included.

Financial Support From Our Sponsor

Our current corporate operating expenses exceed the cash flow received from our investments in real estate joint ventures. If the rate at which we raise offering proceeds does not improve significantly, our general and administrative costs will remain higher relative to the size of our portfolio. Moreover, we cannot predict the impact of the restatement on our ability to increase sales. To the extent cash on hand is not sufficient to meet our short-term liquidity requirements we expect to utilize credit facilities obtained from affiliates or unaffiliated third parties. Our sponsor has agreed to provide financial support to us, as necessary, sufficient for us to satisfy all of our obligations and debt service requirements as they come due until at least January 1, 2013 and will satisfy, on a timely basis, all of our liabilities and obligations that we are unable to satisfy when due, through and including January 1, 2013, and had previously agreed to provide similar financial support for 2011. Our sponsor has also agreed to defer payment of current year property and asset management fees and operating expenses that are allocated to us, acquisition fees, property and asset management fees and other costs, and operating expenses which have been accrued as of December 31, 2011, and offering costs advanced on our behalf. In addition, our sponsor, which has management control of the affiliates that are lenders to us, has the authority to extend and will extend our notes outstanding beyond December 31, 2012, depending on our ability to repay those obligations, and has previously extended these notes.

SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

General

We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan, or DRIP, that allows you the opportunity to purchase, through reinvestment of distributions, additional shares of common stock. The following is a summary of our DRIP. A complete copy of our DRIP is attached as Exhibit B to this prospectus.

The DRIP provides you with a simple and convenient way to invest your cash distributions in additional shares of common stock. As a participant in the DRIP, you may purchase shares at $9.50 per share until all $285,000,000 in shares that are authorized and reserved initially for the DRIP have been purchased or until the termination of the initial public offering, whichever occurs first. We may, in our sole discretion, effect registration of additional shares of common stock for issuance under the DRIP.

Eligibility

You must participate with respect to 100% of your shares. If your shares are held of record by a broker or nominee and you want to participate in the DRIP, you must make appropriate arrangements with your broker or nominee. We may refuse participation in the DRIP to stockholders residing in states where shares offered pursuant to the DRIP are neither registered under applicable securities laws nor exempt from registration.

Administration

As of the date of this prospectus, the DRIP will be administered by us or our affiliate, which we refer to as the DRIP Administrator, but a different entity may act as DRIP Administrator in the future. The DRIP Administrator will keep all records of your DRIP account and send statements of your account to you.

Enrollment

You may become a participant in the DRIP by indicating your election to participate on your signed enrollment form available from the DRIP Administrator enclosed with this prospectus and returning it to us at the time you subscribe for shares.

Your participation in the DRIP will begin with the first distribution payment after your enrollment form is received by us, provided such form is received on or before ten days prior to the payment date established for that distribution. If your enrollment form is received after the tenth day prior to the record date for a distribution and before payment of that distribution, reinvestment of your distributions will begin with the next distribution payment date.

Costs

Purchases under the DRIP will not be subject to selling commissions or dealer manager fees. All costs of administration of the DRIP will be paid by us.

Purchases of Shares

Common stock distributions will be invested within 30 days after the date on which common stock distributions are paid. Payment dates for common stock distributions will be ordinarily on or about the last calendar day of each month but may be changed to quarterly in our sole discretion. Any distributions not so invested will be returned to participants in the DRIP. Distributions will be paid on both full and fractional shares held in your account and are automatically reinvested.

Reinvested Distributions . We will use the aggregate amount of distributions to all participants for each distribution period to purchase shares for the participants. If the aggregate amount of distributions to participants exceeds the amount required to purchase all shares then available for purchase, we will purchase all available shares and will return all remaining distributions to the participants within 30 days after the date such distributions are made. We will allocate the purchased shares among the participants based on the portion of the aggregate distributions received on behalf of each participant, as reflected on our books. Distributions on all shares purchased pursuant to the DRIP will be automatically reinvested.

Optional Cash Purchases . Until determined otherwise by us, DRIP participants may not make additional cash payments for the purchase of common stock under the DRIP.

Reports

Within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, you will receive a report of all your investment, including information with respect to the distributions reinvested during the year, the number of shares purchased during the year, the per share purchase price for such shares, the total administrative charge retained by us or DRIP Administrator and tax information with respect to income earned on shares purchased under the DRIP for the year. These statements are your continuing record of the cost of your purchases and should be retained for income tax purposes. We shall provide such information reasonably requested by the dealer manager or a participating broker-dealer, in order for the dealer manager or participating broker-dealer to meet its obligations to deliver written notification to participants of the information required by Rule 10b-10(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act.

Certificates for Shares

The ownership of shares purchased under the DRIP will be uncertificated and noted in book-entry form until our board of directors determines otherwise. The number of shares purchased will be shown on your statement of account.

Termination of Participation

You may discontinue reinvestment of distributions under the DRIP with respect to all, but not less than all, of your shares (including shares held for your account in the DRIP) at any time without penalty by notifying the DRIP Administrator in writing no less than ten days prior to the next distribution payment date. A notice of termination received by the DRIP Administrator after such cutoff date will not be effective until the next following distribution payment date. Participants who terminate their participation in the DRIP may thereafter rejoin the DRIP by notifying us and completing all necessary forms and otherwise as required by us.

We reserve the right to prohibit certain employee benefit plans from participating in the DRIP if such participation could cause our underlying assets to constitute “plan assets” of such plans.

Amendment and Termination of the DRIP

The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, terminate the DRIP or amend any aspect of the DRIP (except for the ability of each participant to withdraw from participation in the DRIP) without the consent of participants or other stockholders, provided that written notice of termination or any material amendment is sent to participants at least 10 days prior to the effective date thereof. The board of directors also may terminate any participant’s participation in the DRIP at any time by notice to such participant if continued participation will, in the opinion of the board of directors, jeopardize our status as a real estate investment trust under the Code.

Voting of Shares Held Under the DRIP

You will be able to vote all whole shares of common stock purchased under the DRIP at the same time that you vote the other shares registered in your name on our records. Fractional shares will not be voted.

Responsibility of the DRIP Administrator Under the DRIP

The DRIP Administrator will not be liable for any claim based on an act done in good faith or a good faith omission to act. You should recognize that neither we nor the DRIP Administrator can provide any assurance of a profit or protection against loss on any shares purchased under the DRIP.

Federal Income Tax Consequences of Participation in the DRIP

The following discussion summarizes the principal federal income tax consequences, under current law, of participation in the DRIP. It does not address all potentially relevant federal income tax matters, including consequences peculiar to persons subject to special provisions of federal income tax law (such as tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, financial institutions, broker-dealers and foreign persons). The discussion is based on various rulings of the Internal Revenue Service regarding several types of distribution reinvestment plans. No ruling, however, has been issued or requested regarding the DRIP. The following discussion is for your general information only, and you must consult your own tax advisor to determine the particular tax consequences (including the effects of any changes in law) that may result from your participation in the DRIP and the disposition of any shares purchased pursuant to the DRIP.

Stockholders subject to federal income taxation who elect to participate in the DRIP will incur a tax liability for distributions allocated to them even though they have elected not to receive their distributions in cash but rather to have their distributions reinvested pursuant to the DRIP. Specifically, participants will be treated as if they received the distribution from us and then applied such distribution to purchase the shares in the DRIP. To the extent that a stockholder purchases shares through the DRIP at a discount to fair market value, the stockholder will be treated for tax purposes as receiving an additional distribution equal to the amount of such discount. A stockholder designating a distribution for reinvestment will be taxed on the amount of such distribution as ordinary income to the extent such distribution is from current or accumulated earnings and profits, unless we have designated all or a portion of the distribution as a capital gain dividend. In such case, such designated portion of the distribution will be taxed as a capital gain. The amount treated as a distribution to you will constitute a dividend for federal income tax purposes to the same extent as a cash distribution.

SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN

Our board of directors has adopted a share repurchase plan that enables you to sell your shares to us in limited circumstances. The purchase price for such shares repurchased under the share repurchase plan will be as set forth below until we begin providing stockholders with an estimated value of our shares. We expect to establish an estimated value of our shares beginning 18 months after the completion of our offering stage. Our advisor, or another firm we choose for that purpose, will estimate the value of our shares based on a number of assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. We do not currently anticipate obtaining appraisals for our investments and, accordingly, the estimates should not be viewed as an accurate reflection of the fair market value of our investments nor will they represent the amount of net proceeds that would result from an immediate sale of our assets. For these reasons, the estimated valuations should not be utilized for any purpose other than to assist plan fiduciaries in fulfilling their annual valuation and reporting responsibilities. We will consider our offering stage complete when we are no longer publicly offering equity securities that are not listed on a national securities exchange, whether through this offering or follow-on public offerings, and have not done so for one year. (For purposes of this definition, we do not consider “public equity offerings” to include offerings on behalf of selling stockholders or offerings related to a distribution reinvestment plan, employee benefit plan or the redemption of interests in the operating partnership.) Unless the shares are being repurchased in connection with a stockholder’s death or “qualifying disability” (as defined below), the prices at which we repurchase shares prior to the time we establish an estimated value of our shares are as follows:

The purchase price per share as described above for shares repurchased prior to obtaining an estimated value of our shares will be reduced by the aggregate amount of net proceeds per share, if any, distributed to the investors prior to the repurchase date as a result of a sale of one or more of our properties that constitute a return of capital distributed to investors as a result of such sales, which we refer to as a “special distribution.” After we begin establishing an estimated value of our shares we will repurchase shares at the lesser of (1) 100% of the average price per share the original purchaser paid to us for all of the shares (as adjusted for any stock distributions, combinations, splits, recapitalizations, special distributions and the like with respect to our common stock) or (2) 90% of the net asset value per share, as determined by the most recent estimated value of our shares.

There are several limitations on our ability to repurchase your shares under the plan:

Generally, the cash available for repurchase will be limited to the net proceeds from the sale of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan during the previous fiscal year. However, to the extent that the aggregate proceeds received from the sale of shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan are not sufficient to fund repurchase requests pursuant to the limitations outlined above, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, choose to use other sources of funds to repurchase shares of our common stock. Such sources of funds could include cash on hand, cash available from borrowings and cash from liquidations of securities investments as of the end of the applicable month, to the extent that such funds are not otherwise dedicated to a particular use, such as working capital, cash distributions to stockholders or purchases of real estate assets. We have engaged DST Systems, P.O. Box 219003, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9003 to administer the share repurchase plan. We intend to repurchase shares quarterly under the plan. The plan administrator must receive your written request for redemption on or before the last day of the second month of each calendar quarter in order to have shares eligible for repurchase in that same quarter. If we cannot repurchase all shares presented for repurchase in any quarter, we will attempt to honor repurchase requests on a pro rata basis. We will deviate from pro rata purchases in two minor ways: (1) if a pro rata repurchase would result in you owning less than half of the minimum purchase amount of 250 shares, then we will repurchase all of your shares; and (2) if a pro rata repurchase would result in you owning more than half but less than all of the minimum purchase amount, then we will not repurchase any shares that would reduce your holdings below the minimum purchase amount. In the event that you are selling all of your shares, there will be no holding period requirement for shares purchased pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.

If we do not completely satisfy a stockholder’s repurchase request at quarter-end because the plan administrator did not receive the request in time or because of the restrictions on the number of shares we could repurchase under the plan, we will treat the unsatisfied portion of the repurchase request as a request for repurchase at the next repurchase date funds are available for repurchase unless the stockholder withdraws his or her request before the next date for repurchases. Any stockholder can withdraw a repurchase request upon written notice to the plan administrator at any time prior to the date of repurchase.

We treat repurchases sought upon a stockholder’s death or “qualifying disability” differently from other repurchases in the following respects:

In order for a disability to entitle a stockholder to the special repurchase terms described above (a “qualifying disability”), (1) the stockholder must receive a determination of disability based upon a physical or mental condition or impairment arising after the date the stockholder acquired the shares to be redeemed, and (2) such determination of disability will have to be made by the governmental agency responsible for reviewing the disability retirement benefits that the stockholder could be eligible to receive (the “applicable governmental agency”). The “applicable governmental agencies” will be limited to the following: (1) if the stockholder paid Social Security taxes and, therefore, could be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits, then the applicable governmental agency would be the Social Security Administration or the agency charged with responsibility for administering Social Security disability benefits at that time if other than the Social Security Administration; (2) if the stockholder did not pay Social Security benefits and, therefore, could not be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits, but the stockholder could be eligible to receive disability benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, or CSRS, then the applicable governmental agency would be the U.S. Office of Personnel Management or the agency charged with responsibility for administering CSRS benefits at that time if other than the Office of Personnel Management; or (iii) if the stockholder did not pay Social Security taxes and therefore could not be eligible to receive Social Security benefits but suffered a disability that resulted in the stockholder’s discharge from military service under conditions that were other than dishonorable and, therefore, could be eligible to receive military disability benefits, then the applicable governmental agency will be the Veteran’s Administration or the agency charged with the responsibility for administering military disability benefits at that time if other than the Veteran’s Administration.

Disability determinations by governmental agencies for purposes other than those listed above, including but not limited to worker’s compensation insurance, administration or enforcement of the Rehabilitation Act or Americans with Disabilities Act, or waiver of insurance premiums would not entitle a stockholder to the special repurchase terms described above. Repurchase requests following an award by the applicable governmental agency of disability benefits would have to be accompanied by: (1) the investor’s initial application for disability benefits and (2) a Social Security Administration Notice of Award, a U.S. Office of Personnel Management determination of disability under CSRS, a Veteran’s Administration record of disability-related discharge or such other documentation issued by the applicable governmental agency that we would deem acceptable and would demonstrate an award of the disability benefits.

We understand that the following disabilities do not entitle a worker to Social Security disability benefits:

Therefore, such disabilities will not qualify for the special repurchase terms, except in the limited circumstances when the investor would be awarded disability benefits by the other “applicable governmental agencies” described above.

The share repurchase plan may be suspended or terminated if:

We may amend or modify any provision of the plan at any time in our board’s discretion without prior notice to participants. In the event that we amend, suspend or terminate the share repurchase plan, however, we will send stockholders notice of the change(s) following the date of such amendment, suspension or modification, and we will disclose the change(s) in a report filed with the SEC on either Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as appropriate. During this offering, we will also include this information in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the registration statement, as required under federal securities laws.

Our share repurchase plan will only provide stockholders a limited ability to sell shares for cash until the shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, at which time the plan will terminate and you will have no right to request repurchase of your shares. We cannot assure you that the shares will ever be listed for trading on a national securities exchange.

You must present for repurchase a minimum of 25% of your shares.

Qualifying stockholders who desire to redeem their shares must give written notice to us at Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc. c/o DST Systems, P.O. Box 219003, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9003.

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table shows, as of April 2, 2012, the number and percentage of shares of our common stock owned by any person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, each director and executive officer, and all directors and executive officers as a group.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

The following description of our capital stock highlights material provisions of our charter and bylaws as in effect as of the date of this prospectus. Because it is a description of what is contained in our charter and bylaws, it may not contain all the information that is important to you.

Common Stock

Under our charter, we have 1,000,000,000 authorized shares of stock, consisting of 749,999,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share and 1,000 shares of non-participating, non-voting convertible stock, $0.01 per share available for issuance. We have authorized the issuance of up to 130,000,000 shares of common stock in connection with this offering. The common stock offered by this prospectus, when issued, will be duly authorized, fully paid and nonassessable. The common stock is not convertible or subject to redemption.

Holders of our common stock:

We will generally not issue certificates for our shares. Shares will be held in “uncertificated” form, which will eliminate the physical handling and safekeeping responsibilities inherent in owning transferable stock certificates and eliminate the need to return a duly executed stock certificate to effect a transfer. DST Systems, Inc. acts as our registrar and as the transfer agent for our shares. Transfers can be effected simply by mailing to DST Systems, Inc. a transfer and assignment form, which we will provide to you at no charge upon written request.

Stockholder Voting

Except as otherwise provided, all shares of common stock will have equal voting rights. Because stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock can elect our entire board of directors. The voting rights per share of our equity securities issued in the future will be established by our board of directors; provided, however, that the voting rights per share sold in a private offering will not exceed the voting rights which bear the same relationship to the voting rights of a publicly held share as the consideration paid to us for each privately offered share bears to the book value of each outstanding publicly held share.

Our charter provides that generally we may not, without the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to cast on the matter:

Our charter further provides that, without the necessity for concurrence by our board of directors, holders of a majority of voting shares who are present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present may vote to elect a director and that any or all of our directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.

Each stockholder entitled to vote on a matter may do so at a meeting in person or by proxy directing the manner in which he or she desires that his or her vote be cast or without a meeting by a consent in writing or by electronic transmission. Any proxy must be received by us prior to the date on which the vote is taken. Pursuant to Maryland law and our charter, if no meeting is held, 100% of the stockholders must consent in writing or by electronic transmission to take effective action on behalf of our company.

Preferred Stock

Our charter authorizes our board of directors without further stockholder action to provide for the issuance of up to 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more series, with such voting powers and with such terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption, as our board of directors approves. As of the date of this prospectus, there are no preferred shares outstanding and we have no present plans to issue any preferred shares. However, the issuance of preferred stock must also be approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access at our expense to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel.

Issuance of Additional Securities and Debt Instruments

Our board of directors is authorized to issue additional securities, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible preferred stock and convertible debt, for cash, property or other consideration on such terms as they may deem advisable and to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock of our company without approval of the holders of the outstanding securities. We may issue debt obligations with conversion privileges on such terms and conditions as the directors may determine, whereby the holders of such debt obligations may acquire our common stock or preferred stock. We may also issue warrants, options and rights to buy shares on such terms as the directors deem advisable, despite the possible dilution in the value of the outstanding shares which may result from the exercise of such warrants, options or rights to buy shares, as part of a ratable issue to stockholders, as part of a private or public offering or as part of other financial arrangements. Our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the directors and without any action by stockholders, may also amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of our stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have authority to issue.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

In order to qualify as a REIT under the federal tax laws, we must meet several requirements concerning the ownership of our outstanding capital stock. Specifically, no more than 50% in value of our outstanding capital stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals, as defined in the federal income tax laws to include specified private foundations, employee benefit plans and trusts, and charitable trusts, during the last half of a taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year. Moreover, 100 or more persons must own our outstanding shares of capital stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year.

Because our board of directors believes it is essential for our company to qualify and continue to qualify as a REIT and for other corporate purposes, our charter, subject to the exceptions described below, provides that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution provisions of the federal income tax laws, more than 9.8% of:

This limitation regarding the ownership of our shares is the “9.8% Ownership Limitation.” Further, our charter provides for certain circumstances where our board of directors may except a holder of our shares from the 9.8% Ownership Limitation and impose other limitations and restrictions on ownership. This exception and these limitations regarding the ownership of our shares are the “Excepted Holder Ownership Limitation.”

To assist us in preserving our status as a REIT, among other purposes, our charter contains limitations on the ownership and transfer of shares of common stock that would:

Any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be null and void, with the intended transferee acquiring no rights in such shares of stock, or result in such shares being designated as shares-in-trust and transferred automatically to a trust effective on the day before the purported transfer of such shares. The record holder of the shares that are designated as shares-in-trust, or the prohibited owner, will be required to submit such number of shares of capital stock to our company for registration in the name of the trust. We will designate the trustee, but it will not be affiliated with our company. The beneficiary of the trust will be one or more charitable organizations that are named by our company.

Shares-in-trust will remain shares of issued and outstanding capital stock and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as all other stock of the same class or series. The trust will receive all dividends and distributions on the shares-in-trust and will hold such dividends or distributions in trust for the benefit of the beneficiary. The trust will vote all shares-in-trust. The trust will designate a permitted transferee of the shares-in-trust, provided that the permitted transferee purchases such shares-in-trust for valuable consideration and acquires such shares-in-trust without such acquisition resulting in a transfer to another trust.

Our charter requires that the prohibited owner of the shares-in-trust pay to the trust the amount of any dividends or distributions received by the prohibited owner that are attributable to any shares-in-trust and the record date of which was on or after the date that such shares of stock became shares-in-trust. The prohibited owner generally will receive from the trust the lesser of:

The trust will distribute to the beneficiary any amounts received by the trust in excess of the amounts to be paid to the prohibited owner. The shares-in-trust will be deemed to have been offered for sale to our company, or our designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of:

We will have the right to accept such offer for a period of 90 days after the later of the date of the purported transfer which resulted in such shares-in-trust or the date we determine in good faith that a transfer resulting in such shares-in-trust occurred.

“Market price” on any date means the average of the closing prices for the five consecutive trading days ending on such date. The “closing price” refers to the last quoted price as reported by the primary securities exchange or market on which our stock is then listed or quoted for trading. If our stock is not so listed or quoted at the time of determination of the market price, our board of directors will determine the market price in good faith.

If you acquire or attempt to acquire shares of our capital stock in violation of the foregoing restrictions, or if you owned common or preferred stock that was transferred to a trust, then we will require you immediately to give us written notice of such event and to provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such transfer on our status as a REIT.

If you own, directly or indirectly, more than 5%, or such lower percentages as required under the federal income tax laws, of our outstanding shares of stock, then you must, within 30 days after January 1 of each year, provide to us a written statement or affidavit stating your name and address, the number of shares of capital stock owned directly or indirectly, and a description of how such shares are held. In addition, each direct or indirect stockholder shall provide to us such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such ownership on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limit.

The ownership limit generally will not apply to the acquisition of shares of capital stock by an underwriter that participates in a public offering of such shares. In addition, our board of directors, upon receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of counsel and upon such other conditions as our board of directors may direct, may exempt a person from the ownership limit. However, the ownership limit will continue to apply until our board of directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of our company to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT.

All certificates, if any, representing our common or preferred stock, will bear a legend referring to the restrictions described above.

The ownership limit in our charter may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a takeover or other transaction or change in control of our company that might involve a premium price for your shares or otherwise be in your interest as a stockholder.

Distributions

Some or all of our distributions have been paid and may continue to be paid from sources other than cash flow from operations, such as from the proceeds of this offering, cash advances to us by our advisor, cash resulting from a waiver of asset management fees and borrowings (including borrowings secured by our assets) in anticipation of future operating cash flow until such time as we have sufficient cash flow from operations to fully fund the payment of distributions therefrom. Generally, our policy is to pay distributions from cash flow from operations. Further, because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year and because we may need cash flow from operations during a particular period to fund capital expenditures and other expenses, we expect that at least during the early stages of our development and from time to time during our operational stage, we will declare distributions in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and we will pay these distributions in advance of our actual receipt of these funds. We may fund such distributions from third party borrowings, offering proceeds, advances from our advisor or sponsors or from our advisor’s deferral of its asset management fee. To the extent that we make payments or reimburse certain expenses to our advisor pursuant to our advisory agreement, our cash flow and therefore our ability to make distributions from cash flow, as well as cash flow available for investment, will be negatively impacted. See “Management – The Advisory Agreement.” In addition, certain amounts we are required to pay to our advisor, including the monthly asset management fee, the property management fee, the financing fee, the disposition fee and the payment made upon conversion of our convertible stock, depend on the assets acquired, gross revenues of the properties managed, indebtedness incurred, sales prices of investments sold or the value of our company at the time of conversion, respectively, and therefore cannot be quantified or reserved for until such fees have been earned. See “Management Compensation.” We are required to pay these amounts to our advisor regardless of the amount of cash we distribute to our stockholders and therefore our ability to make distributions from cash flow, as well as cash flow available for investment, to our stockholders may be negatively impacted. In addition, to the extent we invest in development or redevelopment projects or in properties that have significant capital requirements, these properties will not immediately generate operating cash flow. Thus, our ability to make distributions may be negatively impacted, especially during our early periods of operation.

We expect to declare distributions on a quarterly basis and to pay distributions to our stockholders on a monthly basis. We intend to calculate these monthly distributions based on daily record and distribution declaration dates so our investors will become eligible for distributions immediately upon the purchase of their shares. Distributions will be paid to stockholders as of the record dates selected by the directors.

We are required to make distributions sufficient to satisfy the requirements for qualification as a REIT for tax purposes. Generally, distributed income will not be taxable to us under the Code if we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income.

Distributions are authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, in accordance with our earnings, cash flow, anticipated cash flow and general financial condition. The board’s discretion will be directed, in substantial part, by its intention to cause us to comply with the REIT requirements. Because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period but may be made in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and may be made in advance of actual receipt of funds in an attempt to make distributions relatively uniform. We may utilize capital, borrow money, issue new securities or sell assets in order to make distributions. In addition, from time to time, our advisor and its affiliates may, but are not required to, agree to waive or defer all or a portion of the acquisition, asset management or other fees or other incentives due to them, enter into lease agreements for unleased space, pay general administrative expenses or otherwise supplement investor returns in order to increase the amount of cash available to make distributions to our stockholders.

Many of the factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders are beyond our control, and a change in any one factor could adversely affect our ability to pay future distributions. There can be no assurance that future cash flow will support distributions at the rate that such distributions are paid in any particular distribution period.

We are not prohibited from distributing our own securities in lieu of making cash distributions to stockholders. We may issue securities as stock dividends in the future.

Convertible Stock

Our authorized capital stock includes 1,000 shares of convertible stock, par value $0.01 per share. We have issued all of such shares to our advisor. No additional consideration is due upon the conversion of the convertible stock. There will be no distributions paid on shares of convertible stock. The conversion of the convertible stock into shares of common stock will decrease the percentage of our shares of common stock owned by persons purchasing shares in this offering.

Except in limited circumstances, shares of convertible stock will not be entitled to vote on any matter, or to receive notice of, or to participate in, any meeting of our stockholders at which they are not entitled to vote. However, the affirmative vote of the holders of more than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of convertible stock will be required (1) for any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of our charter that materially and adversely changes the rights of the holders of the convertible stock or (2) to effect a merger of our company into another entity, or a merger of another entity into our company, unless in each case each share of convertible stock (A) will remain outstanding without a material and adverse change to its terms and rights or (B) will be converted into or exchanged for shares of stock or other ownership interest of the surviving entity having rights identical to that of our convertible stock.

Each outstanding share of our convertible stock will convert into the number of shares of our common stock described below if:

Upon the occurrence of either triggering event described above, each share of convertible stock will be converted into a number of shares of common stock equal to 1/1000 of the quotient of (A) 15% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the enterprise value (determined in accordance with the provisions of the charter and summarized in the second following paragraph) as of the date of the event triggering the conversion plus the total distributions paid to our stockholders through such date on the then outstanding shares of our common stock exceeds (2) the sum of the aggregate purchase price paid for those outstanding shares of common stock plus an 8% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on the price paid for those outstanding shares of common stock, divided by (B) the enterprise value divided by the number of outstanding shares of common stock, in each case, as of the date of the event triggering the conversion. In the case of a conversion upon a listing, the number of shares to be issued will not be determined until the 31st trading day after the date of the listing.

Unless the advisory agreement is terminated or not renewed because of a material breach by our advisor, in the event that either of the events triggering the conversion of the convertible stock occurs after an “advisory agreement termination,” as defined below, each share of convertible stock will be converted into that number of shares of common stock as described in the preceding paragraph, multiplied by the quotient of (A) the number of days since the effective date of this offering during which the advisory agreement with our advisor was in force divided by (B) the number of days elapsed from the effective date of this offering through the date of the event triggering the conversion of the convertible stock. As used herein and in our charter, “advisory agreement termination” means a termination or expiration without renewal (except to the extent of a termination or expiration with our company followed by the adoption of the same or substantially similar advisory agreement with a successor, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or otherwise) of our advisory agreement with our advisor for any reason except for a termination or expiration without renewal due to a material breach of the advisory agreement by our advisor.

As used above and in our charter, “enterprise value” as of a specific date means our actual value as a going concern on the applicable date based on the difference between (A) the actual value of all of our assets as determined in good faith by our board, including a majority of the independent directors, and (B) all of our liabilities as set forth on our balance sheet for the period ended immediately prior to the determination date, provided that (1) if such value is being determined in connection with a change of control that establishes our net worth, then the value shall be the net worth established thereby and (2) if such value is being determined in connection with the listing of our common stock for trading on a national securities exchange, then the value shall be the number of outstanding shares of common stock multiplied by the closing price of a single share of common stock, averaged over a period of 30 trading days, as mutually agreed upon by the board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors and the advisor. If the holder of shares of convertible stock disagrees with the value determined by the board, then each of the holder of the convertible stock and us shall name one appraiser and the two named appraisers shall promptly agree in good faith to the appointment of one other appraiser whose determination of the value of the company shall be final and binding on the parties. The cost of such appraisal will be shared evenly between us and our advisor.

Our charter provides that if we:

Our board of directors will oversee the conversion of the convertible stock to ensure that the number of shares of common stock issuable in connection with the conversion is calculated in accordance with the terms of our charter. Further, if in the good faith judgment of our board of directors full conversion of the convertible stock would cause a holder of our stock to violate the 9.8% Ownership Limitation or the Excepted Holder Ownership Limitation (collectively referred to as the “Convertible Stock Limitations”), then only such number of shares of convertible stock (or fraction of a share thereof) will be converted into shares of our common stock such that no holder of our stock would violate the Convertible Stock Limitations. The conversion of the remaining shares of convertible stock will be deferred until the earliest date after our board of directors determines that such conversion will not violate the Convertible Stock Limitations. Any such deferral will not otherwise alter the terms of the convertible stock.

IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND CORPORATE LAW AND
OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS

The following is a summary of some important provisions of Maryland law, our charter and our bylaws in effect as of the date of this prospectus, copies of which are filed as an exhibit to the registration statement to which this prospectus relates and may also be obtained from us.

Our Charter and Bylaws

Stockholder rights and related matters are governed by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL, and our charter and bylaws. Our board of directors, including our independent directors, reviewed, ratified and unanimously approved our charter and bylaws. Provisions of our charter and bylaws, which are summarized below, may make it more difficult to change the composition of our board of directors and may discourage or make more difficult any attempt by a person or group to obtain control of our company.

Stockholders’ Meetings

An annual meeting of our stockholders will be held upon reasonable notice and within a reasonable period (not less than 30 days) following delivery of our annual report for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. A special meeting of our stockholders may be called in the manner provided in the bylaws, including by the president or a majority of our board of directors or a majority of the independent directors, and will be called by the secretary upon written request of stockholders holding in the aggregate at least 10% of the outstanding shares. Upon receipt of a written request, either in person or by mail, stating the purpose(s) of the meeting, we will provide all stockholders, within 10 days after receipt of this request, written notice, either in person or by mail, of a meeting and the purpose of such meeting to be held on a date not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the distribution of such notice, at a time and place specified in the request, or if none is specified, at a time and place convenient to our stockholders. At any meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share owned of record on the applicable record date. In general, the presence in person or by proxy of 50% of the outstanding shares constitutes a quorum, and the majority vote of our stockholders will be binding on all of our stockholders.

Our Board of Directors

Our charter provides that a majority of our directors will be independent directors. This provision may only be amended if the amendment is declared advisable by our board of directors and approved by stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. A vacancy in our board of directors caused by the death, resignation or incapacity of a director or by an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. With respect to a vacancy created by the death, resignation or incapacity of an independent director, the remaining independent directors will nominate a replacement. Any director may resign at any time and may be removed with or without cause by our stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.

Each director will serve a term beginning on the date of his or her election and ending on the next annual meeting of the stockholders and when his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Because holders of common stock have no right to cumulative voting for the election of directors, at each annual meeting of stockholders, the holders of the shares of common stock with a majority of the voting power of the common stock will be able to elect all of the directors.

Fiduciary Duties

Our advisor and directors are deemed to be in a fiduciary relationship to us and our stockholders and our directors have a fiduciary duty to the stockholders to supervise our relationship with the advisor.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

Maryland law permits us to include in our charter a provision limiting the liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action.

Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

However, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses.

Finally, Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

Our charter limits the liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for monetary damages and requires us to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors, our officers, our advisor and its affiliates (including any director or officer who is or was serving at the request of our company as a director, officer, partner or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise) except to the extent prohibited by Maryland law and as set forth below.

In spite of the above provisions of Maryland law, our charter provides that a director, our advisor and any affiliate of our advisor will be indemnified by us for losses suffered by such person and held harmless for losses suffered by us only if all of the following conditions are met:

The SEC takes the position that indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 is against public policy and unenforceable. Furthermore, our charter prohibits us from indemnifying our directors, our advisor or its affiliates or broker-dealers for liabilities arising from or out of a violation of state or federal securities laws, unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

We may advance amounts to our directors, our advisor and its affiliates for reasonable expenses and costs incurred as a result of any proceeding for which indemnification is being sought in advance of a final disposition of the proceeding only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

Authorizations of payments will be made by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors.

Also, our board of directors may cause our company to indemnify or contract to indemnify any person not specified above who was, is, or may become a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of our company, to the same extent as if such person were specified as one whom indemnification is granted as described above. Any determination to indemnify or contract to indemnify will be made by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors.

We may also purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify such parties against the liability assumed by them whether or not we are required or have the power to indemnify them against this same liability.

Inspection of Books and Records

Our advisor keeps, or causes to be kept, on our behalf, full and true books of account on an accrual basis of accounting, in accordance with GAAP. We maintain at all times at our principal office all of our books of account, together with all of our other records, including a copy of our charter.

Any stockholder or his or her agent will be permitted access to all of our records at all reasonable times, and may inspect and copy any of them. We will permit the official or agency administering the securities laws of a jurisdiction to inspect our books and records upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours. As part of our books and records, we maintain an alphabetical list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of our stockholders along with the number of shares held by each of them. We will make the stockholder list available for inspection by any stockholder or his or her agent at our principal office upon the request of the stockholder.

We update, or cause to be updated, the stockholder list at least quarterly to reflect changes in the information contained therein.

We will mail a copy of the stockholder list to any stockholder requesting the stockholder list within ten days of the request, subject to verification of the purpose for which the list is requested, as discussed below. The copy of the stockholder list will be printed in alphabetical order, on white paper, and in a readily readable type size. We may impose a reasonable charge for copy work incurred in reproducing the stockholder list.

The purposes for which a stockholder may request a copy of the stockholder list include, without limitation, matters relating to stockholders’ voting rights and the exercise of stockholders’ rights under federal proxy laws.

If our advisor or our board of directors neglects or refuses to exhibit, produce or mail a copy of the stockholder list as requested, our advisor and our board of directors will be liable to any stockholder requesting the list for the costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by that stockholder for compelling the production of the stockholder list, and for actual damages suffered by any stockholder by reason of such refusal or neglect. It will be a defense that the actual purpose and reason for the request for inspection or for a copy of the stockholder list is to secure such list of stockholders or other information for the purpose of selling such list or copies thereof, or of using the same for a commercial purpose other than in the interest of the applicant as a stockholder relative to the affairs of our company. We may require that the stockholder requesting the stockholder list represent that he or she is not requesting the list for a commercial purpose unrelated to the stockholder’s interests in our company and that he or she will not make any commercial distribution of such list or the information disclosed through such inspection. These remedies are in addition to, and will not in any way limit, other remedies available to stockholders under federal law, or the laws of any state.

The list may not be sold for commercial purposes.

Tender Offers

Our charter provides that any tender offer made by any person, including any “mini-tender” offer, must comply with most of the provisions of Regulation 14D of the Exchange Act, including the notice and disclosure requirements. Among other things, the offeror must provide us notice of such tender offer at least ten business days before initiating the tender offer. If the offeror does not comply with the provisions set forth above, we will have the right to redeem that offeror’s shares, if any, and any shares acquired in such tender offer. In addition, the non-complying offeror will be responsible for all of our expenses in connection with that offeror’s noncompliance.

Restrictions on Roll-Up Transactions

In connection with a proposed “roll-up transaction,” which, in general terms, is any transaction involving the acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation, directly or indirectly, of our company and the issuance of securities of an entity that would be created or would survive after the successful completion of the roll-up transaction, we will obtain an appraisal of all of our properties from an independent expert. If the appraisal will be included in a prospectus used to offer the securities of the entity surviving completion of the roll-up transaction, the appraisal shall be filed as an exhibit with the SEC and, if applicable, the states in which registration of such securities are sought, as an exhibit to the registration statement for the offering. In order to qualify as an independent expert for this purpose, the person or entity must have no material current or prior business or personal relationship with our advisor or directors and must be engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by our company. Our properties will be appraised on a consistent basis, and the appraisal will be based on the evaluation of all relevant information and will indicate the value of our properties as of a date immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed roll-up transaction. The appraisal will assume an orderly liquidation of properties over a 12-month period. The terms of the engagement of such independent expert will clearly state that the engagement is for the benefit of our company and our stockholders. We will include a summary of the independent appraisal, indicating all material assumptions underlying the appraisal, in a report to the stockholders in connection with a proposed roll-up transaction.

In connection with a proposed roll-up transaction, the person sponsoring the roll-up transaction must offer to common stockholders who vote against the proposal a choice of:

Our company is prohibited from participating in any proposed roll-up transaction:

Anti-Takeover Provisions of the MGCL

The following paragraphs summarize some provisions of Maryland law and our charter and bylaws which may delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for our stockholders.

Business Combinations

Under the MGCL, certain “business combinations” (including a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in certain circumstances, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities) between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder (defined as any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s then outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding stock of the corporation) or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board. After the five-year prohibition, any such business combination must be recommended by the board of directors of such corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least (1) 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation and (2) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than voting stock held by the interested stockholder with whom (or with whose affiliate) the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, unless, among other conditions, the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price (as defined in the MGCL) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. These provisions of the MGCL do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by a board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder.

Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors has opted out of these provisions of the MGCL provided that the business combination is first approved by our board, and, consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and any person unless the board fails to approve the business combination. As a result, any person may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders without compliance by our company with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute.

Control Share Acquisitions

The MGCL provides that “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights except to the extent approved at a special meeting by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding shares of stock in a corporation in respect of which any of the following persons is entitled to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of shares of stock of the corporation in the election of directors:

“Control shares” are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other such shares of stock previously acquired by the acquiror or in respect of which the acquiror is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquiror to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power:

Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A “control share acquisition” means the acquisition of control shares, subject to certain exceptions.

A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of certain conditions (including an undertaking to pay expenses), may compel our board of directors to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the shares. If no request for a meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders meeting.

If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an acquiring person statement as required by the statute, then, subject to certain conditions and limitations, the corporation may redeem any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have previously been approved) for fair value determined without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquiror or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share acquisition.

The control share acquisition statute does not apply to (1) shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction or (2) acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation.

Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any person of our stock. We cannot assure you that such provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.

Subtitle 8

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions:

We have elected, at such time as we are eligible to make the election provided for under Subtitle 8, to provide that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. Through provisions in our charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already vest in our board of directors the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships.

Dissolution or Termination of Our Company

We are an infinite-life corporation which may be dissolved under the MGCL at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of our entire board and of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our operating partnership has a perpetual existence. Depending upon then prevailing market conditions, it is our intention to consider beginning the process of listing our shares of common stock, or liquidating our assets and distributing the net proceeds to our stockholders within four to six years after the termination of our offering stage. See “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Listing or Liquidation Policy.”

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business

Our bylaws provide that with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of individuals for election to the board of directors and the proposal of business to be considered by stockholders may be made only (1) pursuant to our notice of the meeting, (2) by the board of directors or (3) by a stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the advance notice procedures of the bylaws. With respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in our notice of the meeting may be brought before the meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the board of directors at a special meeting may be made only (1) pursuant to our notice of the meeting, (2) by the board of directors or (3) provided that the board of directors has determined that directors will be elected at the meeting, by a stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the advance notice provisions of the bylaws.

THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

General

Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Holdings, L.P., which we refer to as our operating partnership, is a recently formed Delaware limited partnership. We expect to own substantially all of our assets and conduct our operations through the operating partnership. We are the sole general partner of the operating partnership and, as of the date of this prospectus, our wholly owned subsidiary, Bluerock REIT Holdings, LLC, is the sole limited partner of the operating partnership. As the sole general partner, we have the exclusive power to manage and conduct the business of the operating partnership.

As we accept subscriptions for shares in this offering, we will transfer substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering to our operating partnership as a capital contribution in exchange for units of limited partnership interest that will be held by our wholly owned subsidiary, Bluerock REIT Holdings, LLC; however, we will be deemed to have made capital contributions in the amount of the gross offering proceeds received from investors. The operating partnership will be deemed to have simultaneously paid the selling commissions and other costs associated with the offering.

As a result of this structure, we are considered an UPREIT, or an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust. An UPREIT is a structure that REITs often use to acquire real property from sellers on a tax-deferred basis because the sellers can generally accept partnership units and defer taxable gain otherwise required to be recognized by them upon the disposition of their properties. Such sellers may also desire to achieve diversity in their investment and other benefits afforded to stockholders in a REIT. For purposes of satisfying the asset and income tests for qualification as a REIT, the REIT’s proportionate share of the assets and income of the operating partnership will be deemed to be assets and income of the REIT.

If we ever decide to acquire properties in exchange for units of limited partnership interest in the operating partnership, we expect to amend and restate the partnership agreement to provide substantially as set forth below.

Capital Contributions

We would expect the partnership agreement to require us to contribute the proceeds of any offering of our shares of stock to the operating partnership as an additional capital contribution. If we did contribute additional capital to the operating partnership, we would receive additional partnership interests and our percentage interest in the operating partnership would be increased on a proportionate basis based upon the amount of such additional capital contributions and the value of the operating partnership at the time of such contributions. We also expect that the partnership agreement would allow us to cause the operating partnership to issue partnership interests for less than their fair market value if we conclude in good faith that such issuance is in the best interest of the operating partnership and us. The operating partnership would also be able to issue preferred partnership interests in connection with acquisitions of property or otherwise. These preferred partnership interests could have priority over common partnership interests with respect to distributions from the operating partnership, including priority over the partnership interests that we would own as a limited partner. If the operating partnership would require additional funds at any time in excess of capital contributions made by us or from borrowing, we could borrow funds from a financial institution or other lender and lend such funds to the operating partnership on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to our borrowing of such funds.

Operations

We would expect the partnership agreement to provide that, so long as we remain qualified as a REIT, the operating partnership would be operated in a manner that would enable us to satisfy the requirements for being classified as a REIT for tax purposes. We would also have the power to take actions to ensure that the operating partnership would not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code. Classification as a publicly traded partnership could result in the operating partnership being taxed as a corporation, rather than as a partnership.

Distributions and Allocations of Profits and Losses

The partnership agreement would provide that the operating partnership would distribute cash flow from operations to its partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests on at least a monthly basis in amounts that we determine. The effect of these distributions would be that a holder of one unit of limited partnership interest in our operating partnership would receive the same amount of annual cash flow distributions as the amount of annual distributions paid to the holder of one of our shares of common stock.

Similarly, the partnership agreement would provide that the operating partnership would allocate taxable income to its partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests. Subject to compliance with the provisions of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and the corresponding Treasury regulations, the effect of these allocations would be that a holder of one unit of limited partnership interest in the operating partnership would be allocated taxable income for each taxable year in an amount equal to the amount of taxable income to be recognized by a holder of one of our shares of common stock. Losses, if any, would generally be allocated among the partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the operating partnership. Losses could not be passed through to our stockholders.

Upon liquidation of the operating partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts and obligations of the operating partnership, including partner loans, any remaining assets of the operating partnership would be distributed to its partners in accordance with their respective positive capital account balances.

Rights, Obligations and Powers of the General Partner

We would expect to be the sole general partner of the operating partnership. As sole general partner, we generally would have complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the operating partnership’s business and to make all decisions affecting its assets. Under an amended and restated partnership agreement, we would also expect to have the authority to:

Under an amended and restated partnership agreement, we expect that the operating partnership would pay all of the administrative and operating costs and expenses it incurs in acquiring and operating real properties. The operating partnership would also pay all of our administrative costs and expenses and such expenses would be treated as expenses of the operating partnership. Such expenses would include:

The only costs and expenses we could incur that the operating partnership would not reimburse would be costs and expenses relating to properties we may own outside of the operating partnership. We would pay the expenses relating to such properties directly.

Exchange Rights

We expect that an amended and restated partnership agreement would also provide for exchange rights. We expect the limited partners of the operating partnership would have the right to cause the operating partnership to redeem their units of limited partnership interest for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of our shares, or, at our option, we could purchase their units of limited partnership interest for cash or by issuing one share of our common stock for each unit redeemed. Limited partners, however, would not be able to exercise this exchange right if and to the extent that the delivery of our shares upon such exercise would:

Furthermore, limited partners could exercise their exchange rights only after their units of limited partnership interest had been outstanding for one year. A limited partner could not deliver more than two exchange notices each calendar year and would not be able to exercise an exchange right for less than 1,000 units of limited partnership interest, unless such limited partner held less than 1,000 units. In that case, he would be required to exercise his exchange right for all of his units.

Change in General Partner

We expect that we generally would not be able to withdraw as the general partner of the operating partnership or transfer our general partnership interest in the operating partnership (unless we transferred our interest to a wholly owned subsidiary). The principal exception to this would be if we merged with another entity and (1) the holders of a majority of partnership units (including those we held) approved the transaction; (2) the limited partners received or had the right to receive an amount of cash, securities or other property equal in value to the amount they would have received if they had exercised their exchange rights immediately before such transaction; (3) we were the surviving entity and our stockholders did not receive cash, securities or other property in the transaction; or (4) the successor entity contributed substantially all of its assets to the operating partnership in return for an interest in the operating partnership and agreed to assume all obligations of the general partner of the operating partnership. If we voluntarily sought protection under bankruptcy or state insolvency laws, or if we were involuntarily placed under such protection for more than 90 days, we would be deemed to be automatically removed as the general partner. Otherwise, the limited partners would not have the right to remove us as general partner.

Transferability of Interests

With certain exceptions, the limited partners would not be able to transfer their interests in the operating partnership, in whole or in part, without our written consent as the general partner.

Amendment of Limited Partnership Agreement

We expect amendments to the amended and restated partnership agreement would require the consent of the holders of a majority of the partnership units including the partnership units we and our affiliates held. Additionally, we, as general partner, would be required to approve any amendment. We expect that certain amendments would have to be approved by a majority of the units held by third-party limited partners.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of the federal income tax considerations associated with an investment in our common stock that may be relevant to you. The statements made in this section of the prospectus are based upon current provisions of the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, as currently applicable, currently published administrative positions of the Internal Revenue Service and judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change, either prospectively or retroactively. We cannot assure you that any changes will not modify the conclusions expressed in counsel’s opinions described herein. This summary does not address all possible tax considerations that may be material to an investor and does not constitute legal or tax advice. Moreover, this summary does not deal with all tax aspects that might be relevant to you, as a prospective stockholder, in light of your personal circumstances, nor does it deal with particular types of stockholders that are subject to special treatment under the federal income tax laws, such as insurance companies, holders whose shares are acquired through the exercise of share options or otherwise as compensation, holders whose shares are acquired through the distribution reinvestment plan or who intend to sell their shares under the share repurchase plan, tax-exempt organizations (except as provided below), financial institutions or broker-dealers, or foreign corporations or persons who are not citizens or residents of the United States (except as provided below). The Code provisions governing the federal income tax treatment of REITs and their stockholders are highly technical and complex, and this summary is qualified in its entirety by the express language of applicable Code provisions, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof.

The statements in this section are based on the current federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT. We cannot assure you that new laws, interpretations thereof, or court decisions, any of which may take effect retroactively, will not cause any statement in this section to be inaccurate.

We urge you to consult your own tax advisor regarding the specific tax consequences to you of investing in our common stock and of our election to be taxed as a REIT. Specifically, you should consult your own tax advisor regarding the federal, state, local, foreign, and other tax consequences of such investment and election, and regarding potential changes in applicable tax laws.

Taxation of Our Company

We elected to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2010. We believe that, commencing with such taxable year, we will be organized and will operate in a manner so as to qualify as a REIT under the federal income tax laws. We cannot assure you, however, that we will qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. This section discusses the laws governing the federal income tax treatment of a REIT and its stockholders, which laws are highly technical and complex.

Alston & Bird LLP has acted as tax counsel to us in connection with this offering. Alston & Bird LLP is of the opinion that, commencing with the taxable year in which we satisfy the minimum offering requirement (December 31, 2010), we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, and our proposed method of operations will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT. Alston & Bird LLP’s opinion is based solely on our representations with respect to factual matters concerning our business operations and our properties. Alston & Bird LLP has not independently verified these facts. In addition, our qualification as a REIT depends, among other things, upon our meeting the requirements of Sections 856 through 860 of the Code throughout each year. Accordingly, because our satisfaction of such requirements will depend upon future events, including the final determination of financial and operational results, no assurance can be given that we will satisfy the REIT requirements in any year.

Our REIT qualification depends on our ability to meet on a continuing basis several qualification tests set forth in the federal tax laws. Those qualification tests involve the percentage of income that we earn from specified sources, the percentage of our assets that fall within specified categories, the diversity of our share ownership, and the percentage of our earnings that we distribute. We describe the REIT qualification tests, and the consequences of our failure to meet those tests, in more detail below. Alston & Bird LLP will not review our compliance with those tests on a continuing basis. Accordingly, neither we nor Alston & Bird LLP can assure you that we will satisfy those tests.

If we qualify as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on the taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. The benefit of that tax treatment is that it avoids the “double taxation,” which means taxation at both the corporate and stockholder levels, that generally results from owning stock in a corporation.

However, we will be subject to federal tax in the following circumstances:

Requirements for Qualification

Bluerock Enhanced Multifamily Trust, Inc. is a corporation that, it is anticipated, will meet the following requirements:

We must meet requirements 1 through 4 during our entire taxable year and must meet requirement 5 during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. Requirements 5 and 6 will not apply to us until our second taxable year.

If we comply with all the requirements for ascertaining the ownership of our outstanding shares in a taxable year and have no reason to know that requirement 6 above was violated, we will be deemed to have satisfied that requirement for such taxable year. For purposes of determining share ownership under requirement 6, a supplemental unemployment compensation benefits plan, a private foundation, and a portion of a trust permanently set aside or used exclusively for charitable purposes are each considered one individual owner. However, a trust that is a qualified employee pension or profit sharing trust under the federal income tax laws is not considered one owner but rather all of the beneficiaries of such a trust will be treated as holding our shares in proportion to their actuarial interests in the trust for purposes of requirement 6.

We plan to issue sufficient common stock with sufficient diversity of ownership to satisfy requirements 5 and 6 set forth above. In addition, our charter restricts the ownership and transfer of our stock so that we should continue to satisfy requirements 5 and 6. The provisions of our charter restricting the ownership and transfer of our stock are described in “Description of Capital Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

A corporation that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” is not treated as a corporation separate from its parent REIT. All assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of a “qualified REIT subsidiary” are considered to be assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of the REIT. A “qualified REIT subsidiary” is a corporation, all of the capital stock of which is owned by the REIT. Thus, in applying the requirements described herein, any of our “qualified REIT subsidiaries” will be ignored, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of such subsidiaries will be considered to be assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of our company. We currently do not have any corporate subsidiaries, but we may have corporate subsidiaries in the future.

Our operating partnership is a wholly owned subsidiary of us, which means that is disregarded as a separate entity from us for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, the assets, liabilities and items of income of our operating partnership will be treated as assets, liabilities, and items of income of us for purposes of applying the requirements described in this prospectus. In the event that a disregarded subsidiary of ours, such as the operating partnership, ceases to be wholly owned — for example, if any equity interest in the subsidiary is acquired by a person other than us or another disregarded subsidiary of ours — the subsidiary’s separate existence would no longer be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. Instead, the subsidiary would have multiple owners and would be treated as either a partnership or a taxable corporation. Such an event could, depending on the circumstances, adversely affect our ability to satisfy the various asset and gross income requirements applicable to REITs, including the requirement that REITs generally may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the securities of another corporation. See “—Asset Tests” and “— Income Tests.”

In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership, the REIT is treated as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership and as earning its allocable share of the gross income of the partnership for purposes of the applicable REIT qualification tests. In addition, the character of the assets and gross income of the partnership will retain the same character in the hands of the REIT for purposes of the REIT requirements, including the asset and income tests described below.

The Code provides relief from violations of the REIT gross income requirements, as described below under “—Income Tests,” in cases where a violation is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and other requirements are met, including the payment of a penalty tax that is based upon the magnitude of the violation. In addition, the Code includes provisions that extend similar relief in the case of certain violations of the REIT asset requirements and other REIT requirements, again provided that the violation is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and other conditions are met, including the payment of a penalty tax. If we fail to satisfy any of the various REIT requirements, there can be no assurance that these relief provisions would be available to enable us to maintain our qualification as a REIT, and, if available, the amount of any resultant penalty tax could be substantial.

Income Tests

We must satisfy two gross income tests annually to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT. First, at least 75% of our gross income, excluding gross income from prohibited transactions, for each taxable year must consist of defined types of income that we derive, directly or indirectly, from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property or temporary investment income. This test is referred to as the “75% Income Test.” Qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Income Test includes:

Second, at least 95% of our gross income, excluding gross income from prohibited transactions, for each taxable year must consist of income that is qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Income Test described above, dividends, other types of interest, gain from the sale or disposition of stock or securities, or any combination of the foregoing. This test is referred to as the “95% Income Test.” The following paragraphs discuss the specific application of those tests to our company.

Rents and Interest

Rent that we receive from our tenants will qualify as “rents from real property” in satisfying the gross income requirements for a REIT described above only if the following conditions are met:

We generally must not operate or manage our real property or furnish or render services to our tenants, other than through a taxable subsidiary or an “independent contractor” who is adequately compensated and from whom we do not derive revenue. However, we need not provide services through an independent contractor, but instead may provide services directly, if the services are “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not otherwise considered “rendered to the occupant.” In addition, we may render a de minimis amount of “non-customary” services to the tenants of a property, other than through a taxable subsidiary or an independent contractor, as long as our income from the services does not exceed 1% of our gross income from the property.

As a result, we may establish taxable REIT subsidiaries to hold assets generating non-qualifying income. Rent paid by a taxable REIT subsidiary will constitute rents from real property for purposes of the 75% and 95% Income Tests only if the lease is respected as a true lease for federal income tax purposes and is not treated as a service contract, joint venture or some other type of arrangement. The determination of whether a lease is a true lease depends on an analysis of all the surrounding facts and circumstances. Potential investors in shares of our common stock should be aware, however, that there are no controlling regulations, published administrative rulings or judicial decisions involving leases with terms substantially similar to the contemplated leases between our operating partnership and the a taxable REIT subsidiary that discuss whether the leases constitute true leases for federal income tax purposes. We intend to structure any leases with a taxable REIT subsidiary as true leases for federal income tax purposes; however, there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will not assert a contrary position. If any of these leases are re-characterized as service contracts or partnership agreements, rather than as true leases, part or all of the payment that we receive from such taxable REIT subsidiary would not be considered rent or would otherwise fail the various requirements for qualification as rents from real property.

Additionally, we may, from time to time, enter into hedging transactions with respect to interest rate exposure on one or more of our assets or liabilities. Any such hedging transactions could take a variety of forms, including the use of derivative transactions such as interest rate swap contracts, interest rate cap or floor contracts futures or forward contracts and options. Any income or gain derived by us from instruments that hedge certain risks, such as the risk of changes in interest rates or currency fluctuations, will not be treated as gross income for purposes of either the 75% or the 95% Income Test, provided that specified requirements are met. Such requirements include that the hedging transaction be properly identified within prescribed time periods and that the transaction either (1) hedges risks associated with indebtedness issued by us that is incurred to acquire or carry “real estate assets” (as described below under “— Asset Tests”) or (2) manages the risks of currency fluctuations with respect to income or gain that qualifies under the 75% or 95% Income Test (or assets that generate such income). We intend to structure any hedging transactions in a manner that does not jeopardize our status as a REIT.

We may invest the net offering proceeds in liquid assets such as government securities or certificates of deposit. For purposes of the 75% Income Test, income attributable to a stock or debt instrument purchased with the proceeds received by a REIT in exchange for stock in the REIT (other than amounts received pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan) constitutes qualified temporary investment income if such income is received or accrued during the one-year period beginning on the date the REIT receives such new capital. To the extent that we hold any proceeds of the offering for longer than one year, we may invest those amounts in less liquid investments such as mortgage-backed securities, maturing mortgage loans purchased from mortgage lenders or shares of common stock in other REITs to satisfy the 75% and 95% Income Tests and the Asset Tests described below. We expect the bulk of the remainder of our income to qualify under the 75% and 95% Income Tests as gains from the sale of real property interests, interest on mortgages on real property and rents from real property in accordance with the requirements described above.

We do not expect to charge rent for any of our properties that is based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person, except by reason of being based on a fixed percentage of gross revenues, as described above. Furthermore, we have represented that, to the extent that the receipt of such rent would jeopardize our REIT status, we will not charge rent for any of our properties that is based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person. In addition, we do not anticipate receiving rent from a related party tenant, and we have represented that, to the extent that the receipt of such rent would jeopardize our REIT status, we will not lease any of our properties to a related party tenant. We also do not anticipate that we will receive rent attributable to the personal property leased in connection with a lease of our real property that exceeds 15% of the total rent received under the lease. Furthermore, we have represented that, to the extent that the receipt of such rent would jeopardize our REIT status, we will not allow the rent attributable to personal property leased in connection with a lease of our real property to exceed 15% of the total rent received under the lease. Finally, we do not expect to furnish or render, other than under the 1% de minimis rule described above, “non-customary” services to our tenants other than through an independent contractor, and we have represented that, to the extent that the provision of such services would jeopardize our REIT status, we will not provide such services to our tenants other than through an independent contractor.

If our rent attributable to the personal property leased in connection with a lease of our real property exceeds 15% of the total rent we receive under the lease for a taxable year, the portion of the rent that is attributable to personal property will not be qualifying income for purposes of either the 75% or 95% Income Test. Thus, if such rent attributable to personal property, plus any other income that we receive during the taxable year that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Income Test, exceeds 5% of our gross income during the year, we would lose our REIT status. Furthermore, if either (1) the rent we receive under a lease of our property is considered based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person or (2) the tenant under such lease is a related party tenant, none of the rent we receive under such lease would qualify as “rents from real property.” In that case, if the rent we receive under such lease, plus any other income that we receive during the taxable year that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Income Test, exceeds 5% of our gross income during the year, we would lose our REIT status. Finally, if the rent we receive under a lease of our property does not qualify as “rents from real property” because we furnish non-customary services to the tenant under such lease, other than through a qualifying independent contractor or under the 1% de minimis exception described above, none of the rent we receive from the related party would qualify as “rents from real property.” In that case, if the rent we receive from such property, plus any other income that we receive during the taxable year that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Income Test, exceeds 5% of our gross income during the year, we would lose our REIT status.

To the extent that we receive from our tenants reimbursements of amounts that the tenants are obligated to pay to third parties or penalties for the nonpayment or late payment of such amounts, those amounts should qualify as “rents from real property.” However, to the extent that we receive interest accrued on the late payment of the rent or other charges, that interest will not qualify as “rents from real property,” but instead will be qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Income Test. We may receive income not described above that is not qualifying income for purposes of the gross income tests. We will monitor the amount of non-qualifying income that our assets produce and we will manage our portfolio to comply at all times with the gross income tests.

For purposes of the 75% and 95% Income Tests, the term “interest” generally excludes any amount that is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person. However, the term “interest” generally does not exclude an amount solely because it is based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. Furthermore, if a loan contains a provision that entitles a REIT to a percentage of the borrower’s gain upon the sale of the secured property or a percentage of the appreciation in the property’s value as of a specific date, income attributable to such provision will be treated as gain from the sale of the secured property, which generally is qualifying income for purposes of the 75% and 95% Income Tests. In addition, interest received on debt obligations that are not secured by a mortgage on real property may not be qualified income, and would be excluded from income for purposes of the 75% and 95% Income Tests.

Failure to Satisfy Income Tests

If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% and 95% Income Tests for any taxable year, we nevertheless may qualify as a REIT for such year if we qualify for relief under the relief provisions of the federal income tax laws. Those relief provisions generally will be available if:

We cannot predict, however, whether in all circumstances we would qualify for the relief provisions. In addition, as discussed above in “— Taxation of Our Company,” even if the relief provisions apply, we would incur a 100% tax on the gross income attributable to the greater of the amounts by which we fail the 75% and 95% Income Tests, multiplied by a fraction intended to reflect our profitability.

Prohibited Transaction Rules

A REIT will incur a 100% tax on the net income derived from any sale or other disposition of property, other than foreclosure property, that the REIT holds primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. We anticipate that none of our assets will be held for sale to customers and that a sale of any such asset would not be in the ordinary course of our business. Whether a REIT holds an asset “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business” depends, however, on the facts and circumstances in effect from time to time, including those related to a particular asset. Nevertheless, we will attempt to comply with the terms of safe-harbor provisions in the federal income tax laws prescribing when an asset sale will not be characterized as a prohibited transaction, and will otherwise attempt to avoid any sale of assets that will be treated as being held “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.” We cannot provide assurance, however, that we can comply with such safe-harbor provisions or that we will avoid owning property that may be characterized as property that we hold “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.”

Foreclosure Property

Foreclosure property is real property and any personal property incident to such real property (1) that we acquire as the result of having bid on the property at foreclosure, or having otherwise reduced the property to ownership or possession by agreement or process of law, after a default (or upon imminent default) on a lease of the property or a mortgage loan held by us and secured by the property, (2) for which we acquired the related loan or lease at a time when default was not imminent or anticipated and (3) with respect to which we made a proper election to treat the property as foreclosure property. We generally will be subject to tax at the maximum corporate rate (currently 35%) on any net income from foreclosure property, including any gain from the disposition of the foreclosure property, other than income that would otherwise be qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test. Any gain from the sale of property for which a foreclosure property election has been made will not be subject to the 100% tax on gains from prohibited transactions described above, even if the property would otherwise constitute inventory or dealer property. To the extent that we receive any income from foreclosure property that does not qualify for purposes of the 75% gross income test, we intend to make an election to treat the related property as foreclosure property.

Taxable Mortgage Pools and Excess Inclusion Income

An entity, or a portion of an entity, may be classified as a taxable mortgage pool, or “TMP,” under the Code if:

Under regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, if less than 80% of the assets of an entity (or a portion of an entity) consist of debt obligations, these debt obligations are considered not to comprise “substantially all” of its assets, and therefore the entity would not be treated as a TMP. Our financing and securitization arrangements may give rise to TMPs with the consequences as described below.

Where an entity, or a portion of an entity, is classified as a TMP, it is generally treated as a taxable corporation for federal income tax purposes. In the case of a REIT, or a portion of a REIT, or a disregarded subsidiary of a REIT, that is a TMP, however, special rules apply. The TMP is not treated as a corporation that is subject to corporate income tax, and the TMP classification does not directly affect the tax qualification of the REIT. Rather, the consequences of the TMP classification would, in general, except as described below, be limited to the stockholders of the REIT.

A portion of the REIT’s income from the TMP arrangement, which might be noncash accrued income, could be treated as excess inclusion income. Under recently issued IRS guidance, the REIT’s excess inclusion income, including any excess inclusion income from a residual interest in a REMIC, must be allocated among its stockholders in proportion to distributions paid. The REIT is required to notify stockholders of the amount of “excess inclusion income” allocated to them. A stockholder’s share of excess inclusion income:

See “— Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.” Under recently issued IRS guidance, to the extent that excess inclusion income is allocated from a TMP to a tax-exempt stockholder of a REIT that is not subject to unrelated business income tax (such as a government entity), the REIT will be subject to tax on this income at the highest applicable corporate tax rate (currently 35%). In this case, we are authorized to reduce and intend to reduce distributions to such stockholders by the amount of such tax paid by the REIT that is attributable to such stockholder’s ownership. Treasury regulations provide that such a reduction in distributions does not give rise to a preferential dividend that could adversely affect the REIT’s compliance with its distribution requirements. See “— Distribution Requirements.” The manner in which excess inclusion income is calculated, or would be allocated to stockholders, including allocations among shares of different classes of stock, remains unclear under current law. As required by IRS guidance, we intend to make such determinations using a reasonable method. Tax-exempt investors, foreign investors and taxpayers with net operating losses should carefully consider the tax consequences described above, and are urged to consult their tax advisors.

If a subsidiary partnership of ours that we do not wholly own, directly or through one or more disregarded entities, were a TMP, the foregoing rules would not apply. Rather, the partnership that is a TMP would be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes and potentially could be subject to corporate income tax or withholding tax. In addition, this characterization would alter our income and asset test calculations and could adversely affect our compliance with those requirements. We intend to monitor the structure of any TMPs (including whether a taxable REIT subsidiary election might be made in respect of any such TMP) in which we have an interest to ensure that they will not adversely affect our qualification as a REIT.

Asset Tests

To qualify as a REIT, we also must satisfy two asset tests at the close of each quarter of each taxable year. First, at least 75% of the value of our total assets must consist of:

The second asset test has two components. First, of our investments not included in the 75% asset class, the value of our interest in any one issuer’s securities may not exceed 5% of the value of our total assets. Second, we may not own more than 10% of any one issuer’s outstanding securities as measured by vote or value. For purposes of both components of the second asset test, “securities” does not include our stock in other REITs or any qualified REIT subsidiary or our interest in any partnership, including our operating partnership.

We anticipate that, at all relevant times, (1) at least 75% of the value of our total assets will be represented by real estate assets, cash and cash items, including receivables, and government securities and (2) we will not own any securities in violation of the 5% or 10% asset tests. In addition, we will monitor the status of our assets for purposes of the various asset tests and we will manage our portfolio to comply at all times with such tests.

Our company is allowed to own up to 100% of the stock of taxable REIT subsidiaries which can perform activities unrelated to our tenants, such as third-party management, development, and other independent business activities, as well as provide services to our tenants. We and our subsidiary must elect for the subsidiary to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. We may not own more than 10% of the voting power or value of the stock of a taxable subsidiary that is not treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. This test is referred to as the “10% Asset Test.” Overall, no more than 25% of our assets can consist of securities of taxable REIT subsidiaries, determined on a quarterly basis.

Any interest that we hold in a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC, will generally qualify as real estate assets and income derived from REMIC interests will generally be treated as qualifying income for purposes of the REIT Income Tests described above. If less than 95% of the assets of a REMIC are real estate assets, however, then only a proportionate part of our interest in the REMIC and income derived from the interest will qualify for purposes of the REIT asset and income tests. If we hold a “residual interest” in a REMIC from which we derive “excess inclusion income,” we will be required either to distribute the excess inclusion income or to pay tax on it (or a combination of the two), even though we may not receive the income in cash. To the extent that distributed excess inclusion income is allocable to a particular stockholder, the income (1) would not be allowed to be offset by any net operating losses otherwise available to the stockholder, (2) would be subject to tax as unrelated business taxable income in the hands of most types of stockholders that are otherwise generally exempt from federal income tax and (3) would result in the application of U.S. federal income tax withholding at the maximum rate (30%), without reduction pursuant to any otherwise applicable income tax treaty, to the extent allocable to most types of foreign stockholders. Moreover, any excess inclusion income that we receive that is allocable to specified categories of tax-exempt investors which are not subject to unrelated business income tax, such as government entities, may be subject to corporate-level income tax in our hands, regardless of whether it is distributed.

To the extent that we hold mortgage participations or CMBS that do not represent REMIC interests, such assets may not qualify as real estate assets, and the income generated from them may not qualify for purposes of either or both of the 75% and 95% Income Tests, depending upon the circumstances and the specific structure of the investment.

We may also hold certain participation interests, including B-Notes, in mortgage loans and subordinated loans originated by other lenders. B-Notes are interests in underlying loans created by virtue of participations or similar agreements to which the originator of the loans is a party, along with one or more participants. The borrower on the underlying loans is typically not a party to the participation agreement. The performance of this investment depends upon the performance of the underlying loans and, if the underlying borrower defaults, the participant typically has no recourse against the originator of the loans. The originator often retains a senior position in the underlying loans and grants junior participations which absorb losses first in the event of a default by the borrower. We generally expect to treat our participation interests as qualifying real estate assets for purposes of the REIT asset tests and interest that we derive from such investments as qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the 75% Income Test. The appropriate treatment of participation interests for federal income tax purposes is not entirely certain, however, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our treatment of our participation interests. In the event of a determination that such participation interests do not qualify as real estate assets, or that the income that we derive from such participation interests does not qualify as mortgage interest for purposes of the REIT asset and income tests, we could be subject to a penalty tax, or could fail to qualify as a REIT.

If we choose to invest in subordinated loans, certain of them may qualify for the safe harbor in Revenue Procedure 2003-65 pursuant to which certain loans secured by a first priority security interest in ownership interests in a partnership or limited liability company will be treated as qualifying assets for purposes of the 75% real estate asset test and the 10% Asset Test. We may make some subordinated loans that do not qualify for that safe harbor and that do not qualify as “straight debt” securities or for one of the other exclusions from the definition of “securities” for purposes of the 10% Asset Test. We intend to make such investments in such a manner as not to fail the asset test described above.

The Asset Tests must generally be met for any quarter in which we acquire securities or other property. Upon full investment of the net offering proceeds we expect that most of our assets will consist of “real estate assets,” and we therefore expect to satisfy the Asset Tests.

If we should fail to satisfy the asset tests at the end of a calendar quarter, we would not lose our REIT status if (1) we satisfied the asset tests at the close of the preceding calendar quarter and (2) the discrepancy between the value of our assets and the asset test requirements arose from changes in the market values of our assets and was not wholly or partly caused by an acquisition of one or more non-qualifying assets. If we did not satisfy the condition described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence, we still could avoid disqualification as a REIT by eliminating any discrepancy within 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter in which the discrepancy arose.

To the extent that we fail one or more of the asset tests and we do not fall within the de minimis safe harbors with respect to the 5% and 10% asset tests, we may nevertheless be deemed to have satisfied such requirements if (1) we take certain corrective measures, (2) we meet certain technical requirements and (3) we pay a specified excise tax (the greater of (A) $50,000 or (B) an amount determined by multiplying the highest rate of corporate tax by the net income generated by the assets causing the failure for the period beginning on the first date of the failure and ending on the date that we dispose of the assets (or otherwise satisfy the asset test requirements)).

The Code contains a number of provisions applicable to REITs, including relief provisions that make it easier for REITs to satisfy the asset requirements or to maintain REIT qualification notwithstanding certain violations of the asset and other requirements.

One such provision allows a REIT which fails one or more of the asset requirements to nevertheless maintain its REIT qualification if (1) it provides the IRS with a description of each asset causing the failure, (2) the failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, (3) the REIT pays a tax equal to the greater of (A) $50,000 per failure and (B) the product of the net income generated by the assets that caused the failure multiplied by the highest applicable corporate tax rate (currently 35%) and (4) the REIT either disposes of the assets causing the failure within six months after the last day of the quarter in which it identifies the failure or otherwise satisfies the relevant asset tests within that time frame.

A second relief provision applies to de minimis violations of the 10% and 5% asset tests. A REIT may maintain its qualification despite a violation of such requirements if (1) the value of the assets causing the violation do not exceed the lesser of 1% of the REIT’s total assets and $10 million, or (2) the REIT either disposes of the assets causing the failure within six months after the last day of the quarter in which it identifies the failure, or the relevant tests are otherwise satisfied within that time frame.

The Code also provides that certain securities will not cause a violation of the 10% Asset Test described above. Such securities include instruments that constitute “straight debt,” which includes securities having certain contingency features. A security cannot qualify as “straight debt” where a REIT (or a controlled taxable REIT subsidiary of the REIT) owns other securities of the issuer of that security which do not qualify as straight debt, unless the value of those other securities constitute, in the aggregate, 1% or less of the total value of that issuer’s outstanding securities. In addition to straight debt, the Code provides that certain other securities will not violate the 10% Asset Test. Such securities include (1) any loan made to an individual or an estate, (2) certain rental agreements in which one or more payments are to be made in subsequent years (other than agreements between a REIT and certain persons related to the REIT), (3) any obligation to pay rents from real property, (4) securities issued by governmental entities that are not dependent in whole or in part on the profits of (or payments made by) a non-governmental entity, (5) any security issued by another REIT and (6) any debt instrument issued by a partnership if the partnership’s income is of a nature that it would satisfy the 75% gross income test described above under “— Income Tests.” In addition, when applying the 10% Asset Test, a debt security issued by a partnership is not taken into account to the extent, if any, of the REIT’s proportionate equity interest in that partnership.

No independent appraisals will be obtained to support our conclusions as to the value of our total assets or the value of any particular security or securities. Moreover, values of some assets, including instruments issued in securitization transactions, may not be susceptible to a precise determination, and values are subject to change in the future. Furthermore, the proper classification of an instrument as debt or equity for federal income tax purposes may be uncertain in some circumstances, which could affect the application of the REIT asset requirements. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not contend that our interests in our subsidiaries or in the securities of other issuers will not cause a violation of the REIT asset tests.

Distribution Requirements

To qualify as a REIT, each taxable year we must make distributions, other than capital gain dividends, deemed distributions of retained capital gain and income from operations or sales through a TRS, to our stockholders in an aggregate amount at least equal to:

We must pay such distributions in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if we declare the distribution before we timely file our federal income tax return for such year and pay the distribution on or before the first regular dividend payment date after such declaration and no later than the close of the subsequent tax year.

We will pay federal income tax on any taxable income, including net capital gain, that we do not distribute to our stockholders. Furthermore, if we fail to distribute during a calendar year or, in the case of distributions with declaration and record dates falling in the last three months of the calendar year, by the end of January following such calendar year, at least the sum of: