UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act File Number 811-23846

 

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

c/o UMB Fund Services, Inc.

235 West Galena Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Ann Maurer

235 West Galena Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copies to:

 

Joshua B. Deringer, Esq.

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

One Logan Square, Ste. 2000

Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996

215-988-2700

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (414) 299-2270

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a) The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

 

     

    

 

 

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Shareholder Letter

December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

Dear Shareholders,

We are pleased to provide you with the 2023 annual report for the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (CREMX or the Fund). CREMX is a continuously-offered, closed-end, management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act). The Fund operates as an interval fund pursuant to Rule 23c-3 of the 1940 Act. The Fund primarily invests in short duration, low loan to value (LTV) private bridge loans backed by commercial real estate assets in the top 30 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States.

The Fund’s innovative structure allows it to directly invest in private real estate debt rather than in private funds of other managers, thereby avoiding multiple layers of fees. Through valued relationships of the Fund’s officers, the Fund seeks to provide investors with exposure to proprietary transactions, alongside other large, sophisticated institutional investors, that otherwise may not be available to retail investors that do not meet higher investment minimums or other investor requirements such as accreditation or qualified purchaser status.

Since the Fund launched at the end of June of 2023, it has returned 2.60% as of December 31, 2023 (Source: UMB Fund Services). This positive return is attributable to the Fund getting invested in its initial private debt positions. Fund performance during the period from the Fund’s launch to December 31, 2023 was in line with its benchmark at 2.84% for the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index** (Source: UMB Fund Services); and compared favorably to other public fixed income indices such as the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index*** which returned 0.72% for the same period (Source: Bloomberg).

The regional banking crisis of early 2023 that saw the failure of banks such as Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic created and continues to create incremental opportunities for private lenders and for the types of loans CREMX makes and participates in. This is due to regional banks being a significant source of commercial real estate financing historically and those lenders pulling back from new lending activities. This trend presents potentially attractive incremental opportunities for CREMX to continue to deploy more capital.

Thank you for your investment in CREMX. If you have any questions, please contact the Redwood Team at 1 888.570.0805. We look forward to continuing our relationship for years to come.

Sincerely,

Michael T. Messinger

President

Richard M. Duff

Treasurer

____________

**      Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months index which includes U.S. Treasury securities with maturities of one to three months. The index is produced by Bloomberg. Investors cannot invest directly in an index or benchmark. Index returns are gross of any fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing.

***    The Bloomberg US Aggregate Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency). Investors cannot invest directly in an index or benchmark. Index returns are gross of any fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Fund Performance

December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

Performance of a $10,000 Investment

____________

*       The Bloomberg 1-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index (the “Index”) is designed to measure the performance of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 month and less than 3 months. The Index includes all publicly issued U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months and at least 1 month, and are rated investment-grade. In addition, the securities must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must have a fixed rate. The Index is market capitalization weighted, with securities held in the Federal Reserve System Open Market Account deducted from the total amount outstanding. Index return does not reflect the effects of fees, transaction costs or expenses, which would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund’s shares, made at its inception, June 26, 2023, with a similar investment in the Index. Results include the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains.

Cumulative Returns as of December 31, 2023

 

Since
Inception

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (Inception Date 6/26/2023)

 

2.60

%

Bloomberg 1-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index

 

2.84

%*

____________

*       Index return is from inception date of the Fund only and is not the inception date of the Index itself.

The performance data quoted here represents past performance and past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. The most recent quarter end performance may be obtained by calling 888-988-9882.

Returns reflect the reinvestment of distributions made by the Fund, if any. The graph and the performance table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

For the Fund’s current expense ratio, please refer to the Financial Highlights Section of this report.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2023

Principal
Amount
($)

     

Spread

 

Coupon
Rate
(%)

 

Maturity

 

Fair Value

   

Commercial Real Estate — 71.9%1,2

             

 

 
   

Participation Notes — 71.9%

             

 

 
   

Condominium Development — 1.2%

             

 

 

2,087,271

 

3323 – 44 W 8 Capital, LLC & 44 W 8 SME, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.00%; floor 10.00%

 

10.38

 

04/07/2025

 

$

2,087,271

229,743

 

3343 – 502 East 81st Street Development, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 10.25%

 

10.61

 

06/22/2025

 

 

229,743

                   

 

2,317,014

                   

 

 
   

Early Stage Construction — 12.7%

             

 

 

25,000,000

 

3321 – Queens Plaza North New York, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.50%; floor 10.83%

 

10.86

 

10/22/2024

 

 

25,000,000

                   

 

 
   

Hospitality — 8.3%

             

 

 

4,019,257

 

3330 – 3601 Parking, LLC & N Ocean Blvd, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.10%; floor 10.25%

 

10.50

 

10/31/2025

 

 

4,019,257

12,500,000

 

3333 – McRopp New York Royal44, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 10.50%

 

10.63

 

11/28/2025

 

 

12,500,000

                   

 

16,519,257

                   

 

 
   

Industrial — 7.7%

             

 

 

14,000,000

 

3320 – Howell Lendco, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.21%; floor 10.51%

 

10.55

 

03/24/2025

 

 

14,000,000

1,300,000

 

3335 – Cromwell Inwood, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.50%; floor 10.83%

 

10.88

 

11/27/2025

 

 

1,300,000

                   

 

15,300,000

                   

 

 
   

Mixed Use Development — 1.3%

             

 

 

2,618,182

 

3340 – San Antonio Palo Alto, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 6.20%; floor 11.50%

 

11.55

 

12/15/2025

 

 

2,618,182

                   

 

 
   

Multifamily — 21.0%

             

 

 

3,470,000

 

3303 – 150 Lefferts Ave./55 East 21st Street3

 

SOFR1M + 5.20%; floor 10.00%

 

10.53

 

04/28/2024

 

 

3,470,000

3,439,153

 

3316 – Spring Rock Bridge/428 Williams3

 

SOFR1M + 5.00%; floor 9.50%

 

10.38

 

05/18/2024

 

 

3,439,153

5,500,000

 

3336 – Blue Spruce Lendco, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.00%; floor 10.25%

 

10.34

 

05/30/2025

 

 

5,500,000

28,930,784

 

Tryperion TL Los Altos, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 8.36%

 

13.68

 

02/01/2024

 

 

28,930,784

                   

 

41,339,937

                   

 

 
   

Office — 2.0%

             

 

 

4,000,000

 

3341 – Ferncroft, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 10.50%

 

10.61

 

12/19/2025

 

 

4,000,000

                   

 

 
   

Predevelopment — 15.3%

             

 

 

12,000,000

 

3317 – 24 – 02 Queens Plaza South, Queens3

 

SOFR1M + 5.15%; floor 10.25%

 

10.50

 

08/25/2025

 

 

12,000,000

8,000,000

 

3318 – 125 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY3

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 10.25%

 

10.58

 

09/12/2024

 

 

8,000,000

10,377,692

 

3324 – Sarasota3

 

SOFR1M + 5.68%; floor 10.53%

 

11.01

 

09/23/2025

 

 

10,377,692

                   

 

30,377,692

                   

 

 
   

Single Family — 0.5%

             

 

 

1,000,000

 

3326 – Elgny, LLC3

 

SOFR1M + 5.00%; floor 10.25%

 

10.38

 

10/07/2025

 

 

1,000,000

                   

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

3

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Principal
Amount
($)

     

Spread

 

Coupon
Rate
(%)

 

Maturity

 

Fair Value

   

Single Family/Condominium — 1.2%

             

 

 

2,451,862

 

3313 – First Lien Portfolio #33

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 10.35%

 

10.63

 

07/25/2025

 

$

2,451,862

                   

 

 
   

Single Family/Multifamily — 0.7%

             

 

 

1,427,220

 

3314 – VM Equities #33

 

SOFR1M + 5.25%; floor 9.75%

 

10.63

 

07/28/2025

 

 

1,427,220

   

Total Participation Notes
(Cost $142,348,344)

             

 

142,351,164

                   

 

 
   

Total Commercial Real Estate
(Cost $142,348,344)

             

 

142,351,164

                   

 

 
   

Short-term Investments — 20.2%

             

 

 
   

Money Market Funds — 20.2%

             

 

 

39,992,059

 

Fidelity US Government Fund, 5.16%4

             

 

39,992,059

   

Total Short-term Investments
(Cost $39,992,059)

             

 

39,992,059

                   

 

 
   

Total Investments
(Cost $182,340,403) — 92.1%

             

$

182,343,223

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities – 7.9%

             

 

15,610,518

   

Net Assets — 100.0%

             

$

197,953,741

LLC — Limited Liability Company

SOFR1M — 1-Month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate

1       All Commercial Real Estate investments are restricted securities. The total value of these securities is $142,351,164, which represents 71.9% of total net assets of the Fund. See Note 9 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

2       All Commercial Real Estate investments are Level 3 securities fair valued using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

3       Floating rate security.

4       Represents the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2023.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

4

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Summary of Investments (Unaudited)

December 31, 2023

Security Type

 

Percent of
Total
Net Assets

Commercial Real Estate

   

 

Participation Notes

 

71.9

%

Total Commercial Real Estate

 

71.9

%

Short-term Investments

 

20.2

%

Total Investments

 

92.1

%

Other assets in excess of liabilities

 

7.9

%

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

     

 

Property Type

 

Percent of
Total
Net Assets

Participation Notes

   

 

Condominium Development

 

1.2

%

Early Stage Construction

 

12.7

%

Hospitality

 

8.3

%

Industrial

 

7.7

%

Mixed Use Development

 

1.3

%

Multifamily

 

21.0

%

Office

 

2.0

%

Predevelopment

 

15.3

%

Single Family

 

0.5

%

Single Family/Condominium

 

1.2

%

Single Family/Multifamily

 

0.7

%

Total Participation Notes

 

71.9

%

Total Short-term Investments

 

20.2

%

Total Investments

 

92.1

%

Other assets in excess of liabilities

 

7.9

%

Net Assets

 

100.0

%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

5

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of December 31, 2023

Assets:

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at fair value (cost $142,348,344)

 

$

142,351,164

Short-term investments, at fair value (cost $39,992,059)

 

 

39,992,059

Receivables:

 

 

 

Fund shares sold

 

 

94,352

Interest receivable

 

 

2,155,884

Prepaid expenses

 

 

122,306

Prefunded commitments

 

 

13,800,000

Total assets

 

 

198,515,765

   

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Payable for investment management fees

 

 

286,222

Payable for legal fees

 

 

30,388

Payable for audit and tax fees

 

 

175,000

Payable for fund accounting and administration fees

 

 

33,476

Payable for transfer agent fees

 

 

24,000

Payable for custody fees

 

 

1,000

Payable for Trustees’ fees

 

 

3,000

Payable for other accrued expenses

 

 

8,938

Total liabilities

 

 

562,024

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)

 

 

 
   

 

 

Net Assets

 

$

197,953,741

   

 

 

Components of Net Assets:

 

 

 

Paid-in capital (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)

 

$

197,950,203

Total distributable earnings

 

 

3,538

Net Assets

 

$

197,953,741

   

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

 

 

7,908,144

Net asset value per share

 

$

25.03

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

6

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Statement of Operations

For the Period Ended December 31, 2023(1)

Investment income:

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

6,113,971

 

Total investment income

 

 

6,113,971

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

Advisory fees (Note 4)

 

 

1,313,243

 

Audit and tax fees

 

 

175,000

 

Fund accounting and administration fees

 

 

84,548

 

Brokerage fees

 

 

75,890

 

Transfer agent fees

 

 

62,228

 

Legal fees

 

 

59,423

 

Trustees’ fees

 

 

21,000

 

Chief Compliance Officer fees

 

 

17,986

 

Insurance fees

 

 

10,082

 

Miscellaneous fees

 

 

8,626

 

Shareholder reporting fees

 

 

3,863

 

Custody fees (Note 5)

 

 

7,730

 

Registration fees

 

 

1,804

 

Total expenses

 

 

1,841,423

 

Expense reductions (Note 5)

 

 

(4,015

)

Net expenses

 

 

1,837,408

 

Net investment income

 

 

4,276,563

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

2,820

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

 

$

4,279,383

 

____________

(1)    Reflects operations for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2023. Prior to the commencement of operations date, the Fund had been inactive except for matters related to the Fund’s establishment, designation, and planned registration.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

7

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    

 

For the
Period
Ended
December 31,
2023
(1)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from:

 

 

 

 

Operations:

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$

4,276,563

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

2,820

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

4,279,383

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

 

 

 

From net investment income

 

 

(4,275,845

)

Total distributions to shareholders

 

 

(4,275,845

)

   

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

 

 

 

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

 

 

208,435,994

 

Reinvestment of distributions

 

 

1,686,088

 

Cost of shares redeemed

 

 

(12,271,879

)

Net increase in net assets from capital transactions

 

 

197,850,203

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

 

 

197,853,741

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

100,000

(2)

End of period

 

$

197,953,741

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

 

 

8,325,511

 

Shares reinvested

 

 

67,358

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(488,725

)

Net increase in capital share transactions

 

 

7,904,144

 

____________

(1)    Reflects operations for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2023. Prior to the commencement of operations date, the Fund had been inactive except for matters related to the Fund’s establishment, designation and planned registration.

(2)    Redwood Investment Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) made the initial share purchase of $100,000 on April 21, 2023. The total initial share purchase of $100,000 included 4,000 shares which were purchased at $25.00 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

8

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Statement of Cash Flows

For the Period Ended December 31, 2023(1)

Cash flows provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

 

$

4,279,383

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

(172,684,963

)

Sales of investments

 

 

16,533,799

 

Return of capital dividends received

 

 

2,820

 

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) on investments

 

 

(2,820

)

Change in short-term investments, net

 

 

(39,992,059

)

   

 

 

 

Changes in assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

(Increase) in assets:

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

(2,155,884

)

Prepaid expenses

 

 

(122,306

)

Increase in liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Investment management fees

 

 

286,222

 

Audit and tax fees

 

 

175,000

 

Custody fees

 

 

1,000

 

Transfer agent fees

 

 

24,000

 

Fund accounting and administration fees

 

 

33,476

 

Trustees’ fees

 

 

3,000

 

Other accrued expenses

 

 

8,938

 

Legal fees

 

 

30,388

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(193,580,006

)

   

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by financing activities:

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold, net of receivable for fund shares sold

 

 

208,341,642

 

Cost of shares repurchased, net of redemption fees

 

 

(12,271,879

)

Distributions paid to shareholders, net of reinvestments

 

 

(2,589,757

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

193,480,006

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Cash

 

 

(100,000

)

   

 

 

 

Cash, beginning of period

 

 

100,000

 

Cash, end of period

 

$

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activity:

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

 

$

1,686,088

 

____________

(1)    Reflects operations for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2023. Prior to the commencement of operations date, the Fund had been inactive except for matters related to the Fund’s establishment, designation, and planned registration.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Financial Highlights

  

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout the period.

 

For the Period
Ended
December 31,
2023
(1)

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

25.00

(2)

   

 

 

 

Income from Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

Net investment income(3)

 

 

0.73

 

Net realized and unrealized (loss)

 

 

(0.09

)

Total from investment operations

 

 

0.64

 

   

 

 

 

Less Distributions:

 

 

 

 

From net investment income

 

 

(0.61

)

Total distributions

 

 

(0.61

)

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

25.03

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(4),(5)

 

 

2.60

%

   

 

 

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

197,954

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense reductions(6)

 

 

2.43

%

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense reductions(6)

 

 

2.42

%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets before expense reductions(6)

 

 

5.64

%

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets after expense reductions(6)

 

 

5.64

%

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(5)

 

 

18

%

____________

(1)    Reflects operations for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2023. Prior to the commencement of operations date, the Fund had been inactive except for matters related to the Fund’s establishment, designation, and planned registration.

(2)    Redwood Investment Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) made the initial share purchase of $100,000 on April 21, 2023. The total initial share purchase of $100,000 included 4,000 shares which were purchased at $25.00 per share.

(3)    Based on average shares outstanding for the period.

(4)    Based on the net asset value as of period end. Assumes an investment at net asset value at the beginning of the period and reinvestment of all distributions during the period, if any.

(5)    Not annualized.

(6)    Annualized.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2023

1. Organization

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (the “Fund”) was established as a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on December 19, 2022. The Fund is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

The Fund operates as an interval fund pursuant to Rule 23c-3 of the 1940 Act, and has adopted a fundamental policy to conduct quarterly repurchase offers at net asset value (“NAV”). The Fund currently offers one share class, Class I Shares, and is authorized to offer an unlimited number of shares. On April 21, 2023, Redwood Investment Management, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) made an initial purchase of 4,000 shares for $100,000 at a $25.00 net asset value per share. The Fund commenced investment operations on June 26, 2023. The period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the period from the Fund’s commencement of investment operations on June 26, 2023 through December 31, 2023 (the “Reporting Period”).

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income and preserve shareholders’ capital. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in U.S. commercial real estate-related income investments. For this purpose, commercial real estate-related income investments include U.S.-based (i.e., backed by real estate based in one of the fifty U.S. states): (i) real estate mortgages, (ii) participation notes of real estate mortgages, (iii) mezzanine debt, and (iv) lines of credit for commercial real estate-related investments and real estate-related investment entities, such as REITs. These investments may include but are not limited to senior mortgage loans, second lien mortgages, also known as junior or sub-ordinated debt, mezzanine loans, and participation interests in such mortgages or debt.

The Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s investment adviser and is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) has the overall responsibility for the management and supervision of the business operations of the Fund.

2. Significant accounting policies

Basis of presentation

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of the financial statement. The Fund is an investment company and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the financial statement in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement, as well as reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

2. Significant accounting policies – (Continued)

Income recognition and expenses

Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis as earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Expenses are recognized on an accrual basis as incurred. The Fund bears all expenses incurred in the course of its operations, including, but not limited to, the following: all costs and expenses related to portfolio transactions and positions for the Fund’s account; professional fees; costs of insurance; registration expenses; and expenses of meetings of the Board.

Investment transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Cost is determined and gains and losses are based upon the highest cost method for financial reporting.

Federal income taxes

The Fund has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). The Fund’s qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon the Fund’s ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual operating results, certain qualification tests set forth in the U.S. federal tax laws. Those qualification tests involve the percentage of income that the Fund earns from specified sources, the percentage of the Fund’s assets that falls within specified categories, the diversity of the ownership of the Fund’s shares, and the percentage of the Fund’s taxable income that the Fund distributes. No assurance can be given that the Fund will in fact satisfy such requirements for any taxable year. Provided that the Fund qualifies as a REIT, generally the Fund will be entitled to a deduction for dividends that the Fund pays and therefore will not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on the Fund’s net taxable income that is currently distributed to the Fund’s shareholders. In general, the income that the Fund generates, to the extent declared as a dividend and subsequently paid to its shareholders, is taxed only at the shareholder level.

Distribution to shareholders

Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid on a monthly basis. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. For tax purposes, a distribution that for purposes of GAAP is composed of return of capital and net investment income may be subsequently re-characterized to also include capital gains. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the 2023 fiscal year.

Investment valuation

The Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated following the close of regular trading on the NYSE, generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading, which does not include weekends and customary holidays, and at such other times as the Board may determine, including in connection with repurchases of Shares, in accordance with the procedures described below or as may be determined from time to time in accordance with policies established by the Board. NAV per share is calculated by dividing the value of all of the securities and other assets of the Fund, less the liabilities (including accrued expenses and indebtedness), and the aggregate liquidation value of any outstanding preferred stock, by the total number of common shares outstanding.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

2. Significant accounting policies – (Continued)

The Fund’s Board oversees the valuation of the Fund’s investments on behalf of the Fund. The Board has approved valuation procedures for the Fund (the “Valuation Procedures”) and designated the Fund’s Investment Manager as its valuation designee (“Valuation Designee”). The Valuation Procedures provide that the Fund will value its investments at fair value.

The Valuation Procedures provide that the Fund will value its investments at fair value. The Board has delegated the day to day responsibility for determining these fair values in accordance with the policies it has approved to the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager’s Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”) will oversee the valuation of the Fund’s investments on behalf of the Fund. The Board reviews and ratifies the execution of this process and the resultant fair value prices at least quarterly.

Short-term securities, including bonds, notes, debentures and other debt securities, and money market instruments such as certificates of deposit, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances and obligations of domestic and foreign banks, with maturities of 60 days or less, for which reliable market quotations are readily available shall each be valued at current market quotations as provided by an independent pricing service or principal market maker.

Fixed income securities (other than the short-term securities as described above) shall be valued by (a) using readily available market quotations based upon the last updated sale price or a market value from an approved pricing service generated by a pricing matrix based upon yield data for securities with similar characteristics or (b) by obtaining a direct written broker-dealer quotation from a dealer who has made a market in the security. If no price is obtained for a security in accordance with the foregoing, because either an external price is not readily available or such external price is believed by the Valuation Designee not to reflect the market value, the Valuation Committee will make a determination in good faith of the fair value of the security in accordance with the Valuation Procedures. In general, fair value represents a good faith approximation of the current value of an asset and will be used when there is no public market or possibly no market at all for the asset. The fair values of one or more assets may not be the prices at which those assets are ultimately sold and the differences may be significant.

In circumstances in which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, or in the case of the valuation of private, direct investments, such investments may be valued as determined in good faith using methodologies approved by the Board. In these circumstances, the Valuation Designee determines fair value in a manner that seeks to reflect the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration by the Valuation Committee of any information or factors deemed appropriate. The Valuation Committee may engage third party valuation consultants on an as-needed basis to assist in determining fair value.

Fair valuation involves subjective judgments, and there is no single standard for determining the fair value of an investment. The fair value determined for an investment may differ materially from the value that could be realized upon the sale of the investment. Fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same investment. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in the Fund. Non-material information that becomes known to the Fund or its agents after the NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not be used to retroactively adjust the price of a security or the NAV determined earlier.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

3. Fair value disclosures

The Fund uses a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

        Level 1 — Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund is able to access.

        Level 2 — Valuations based on inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly.

        Level 3 — Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

The availability of valuation techniques and observable inputs can vary from investment to investment and are affected by a wide variety of factors, including type of investment, whether the investment is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, determining fair value requires more judgment. Because of the inherent uncertainly of valuation, estimated values may be materially higher or lower than the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Valuation Designee in determining fair value is greatest for investments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to determine fair value of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2023:

Investments

 

Practical
Expedient

 

Fair Value Measurements at the End of the
Reporting Period Using

 

Total

Level 1
Quoted
Prices

 

Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs

 

Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

Security Type

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Participation Notes

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

142,351,164

 

$

142,351,164

Short-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

39,992,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,992,059

Total

 

$

 

$

39,992,059

 

$

 

$

142,351,164

 

$

182,343,223

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

3. Fair value disclosures – (Continued)

The following table presents the changes in assets and transfers in and out which are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy for the Reporting Period:

 

Beginning
Balance
as of
June 26,
2023

 

Transfers
into
Level 3
during
the period

 

Transfers
out of
Level 3
during
the period

 

Purchases or
Conversions

 

Sales or
Distributions

 

Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)

 

Return of
Capital

 

Distributions

 

Change in
net
unrealized
appreciation

 

Ending
Balance
as of
December 31,
2023

Participation
Notes

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

158,884,963

 

$

(16,533,799

)

 

$

 

$

(2,820

)

 

$

 

$

2,820

 

$

142,351,164

   

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

158,884,963

 

$

(16,533,799

)

 

$

 

$

(2,820

)

 

$

 

$

2,820

 

$

142,351,164

The change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the Statement of Operations attributable to Level 3 investments that were held as of December 31, 2023 is $2,820.

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used for the Fund’s investments that are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2023.

Type of Level 3 Investment

 

Fair Value
as of
December 31,
2023

 

Valuation
Technique

 

Unobservable
Inputs

 

Range of
Inputs/(weighted
average)

 

Impact to Valuation
from an Increase
in Input

Participation Notes

 

$

142,351,164

 

Cost

 

Transaction Price

 

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

Total Level 3 Investments

 

$

142,351,164

               

____________

*       Refer to the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications of individual securities.

4. Management and other agreements

The Fund has entered into an investment management agreement with the Investment Manager (the “Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investment Manager provides advisory and other services to the Fund. For its provision of advisory services to the Fund, the Fund pays the Investment Manager an investment management fee at an annual rate of 1.75% payable monthly in arrears, accrued daily based upon the Fund’s average daily Managed Assets. “Managed Assets” means the total assets of the Fund, including leverage, minus liabilities (other than debt representing leverage and any preferred stock that may be outstanding). The Fund did not engage in leverage or have any outstanding preferred stock during the Reporting Period; therefore, the management fee based on net assets and Managed Assets was the same during this Reporting Period. For the Reporting Period, fees in the amount of $1,313,243 were incurred pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement.

Certain officers and Trustees of the Trust are also officers of the Investment Manager.

PINE Advisors LLC provides Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) services to the Fund. UMB Distribution Services, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor (also known as the principal underwriter); UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) serves as the Fund’s fund accountant, transfer agent and administrator.

5. Custody credits

Under an agreement with the Fund’s custodian bank, $4,015 of custodian fees were paid by credits for cash balances during the Reporting Period. If not for the offset agreement, the assets could have been employed to produce income.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

6. Capital share transactions

The Fund is authorized as a Delaware statutory trust to issue an unlimited number of shares (“Shares”). The minimum initial investment in Class I Shares by any investor is $1,000. However, the Fund, in its sole discretion, may accept investments below this minimum with respect to Class I Shares.

Class I Shares are not subject to a sales charge. Shares will generally be offered for purchase on each business day at NAV per share, except that Shares may be offered more or less frequently as determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Board may also suspend or terminate offerings of Shares at any time.

Pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act, on a quarterly basis, the Fund will offer shareholders the option of redeeming Shares at NAV. The Board determines the quarterly repurchase offer amount (“Repurchase Offer Amount”), which can be no less than 5% and no more than 25% of all shares outstanding on the repurchase request deadline. If shareholders tender more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, the Fund may, but is not required to, repurchase an additional amount of Shares not to exceed 2% of outstanding Shares of the Fund on the repurchase request deadline. If the Fund determines not to repurchase more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, or if shareholders tender Shares in an amount exceeding the Repurchase Offer Amount plus 2% of the outstanding Shares on the repurchase request deadline, the Fund will repurchase the Shares on a pro rata basis. However, the Fund may accept all shares tendered for repurchase by shareholders who own less than 100 shares and who tender all of their shares, before prorating other amounts tendered. In addition, the Fund may accept the total number of shares tendered in connection with required minimum distributions from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan. It is the shareholder’s obligation to both notify and provide the Fund supporting documentation of a required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.

During the Reporting Period, the Fund had the following repurchase offer:

Repurchase
Offer Notice

 


Repurchase Request
Deadline

 


Repurchase Pricing
Date

 


Repurchase
Offer Amount

 

% of Shares
Repurchased

 

Number
of Shares
Repurchased

October 10, 2023

 

November 13, 2023

 

November 13, 2023

 

7.0%

 

6.1%

 

488,725

7. Investment transactions

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, for the Reporting Period were $158,884,963 and $16,533,799, respectively.

8. Beneficial ownership

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of the Fund creates a presumption of control under Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. The following table lists the significant Fund account holders as of December 31, 2023. Each company listed is an open-end management investment company and each is a series of the Two Roads Shared Trust. The Investment Manager provides investment management services for each series of the Two Roads Shared Trust.

Redwood Managed Volatility Fund

 

7.08

%

Redwood Managed Municipal Income Fund

 

9.01

%

Redwood AlphaFactor Tactical International Fund

 

13.29

%

Redwood Systematic Macro Trend Fund

 

14.43

%

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Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

 

9. Restricted securities

Restricted securities include securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and securities that are subject to restrictions on resale. The Fund may invest in restricted securities that are consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and investment strategies. Investments in restricted securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. It is possible that the estimated value may differ significantly from the amount that might ultimately be realized in the near term, and the difference could be material.

Additional information on each restricted security held by the Fund on December 31, 2023 is as follows:

Security

 

Initial
Acquisition Date

 

Principal
Amount

 

Cost

 

Fair Value

 

% of
Net
Assets

Participation Notes:

         

 

   

 

     

 

3303 – 150 Lefferts Ave./55 East 21st Street

 

July 28, 2023

 

3,470,000

 

$

3,470,000

 

$

3,470,000

 

1.8

%

3323 – 44 W 8 Capital, LLC & 44 W 8 SME, LLC

 

October 6, 2023

 

2,087,271

 

 

2,087,271

 

 

2,087,271

 

1.1

%

3326 – Elgny, LLC

 

October 6, 2023

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

0.5

%

3330 – 3601 Parking, LLC & N Ocean Blvd, LLC

 

October 31, 2023

 

4,019,257

 

 

4,019,257

 

 

4,019,257

 

2.0

%

3333 – McRopp New York Royal44, LLC

 

November 17, 2023

 

12,500,000

 

 

12,500,000

 

 

12,500,000

 

6.3

%

3335 – Cromwell Inwood, LLC

 

November 27, 2023

 

1,300,000

 

 

1,300,000

 

 

1,300,000

 

0.7

%

3336 – Blue Spruce Lendco, LLC

 

November 28, 2023

 

5,500,000

 

 

5,500,000

 

 

5,500,000

 

2.8

%

3340 – San Antonio Palo Alto, LLC

 

December 15, 2023

 

2,618,182

 

 

2,618,182

 

 

2,618,182

 

1.3

%

3341 – Ferncroft, LLC

 

December 19, 2023

 

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

2.0

%

3343 – 502 East 81st Street Development, LLC

 

December 22, 2023

 

229,743

 

 

229,743

 

 

229,743

 

0.1

%

3313 – First Lien Portfolio #3

 

July 25, 2023

 

2,451,862

 

 

2,451,862

 

 

2,451,862

 

1.2

%

3314 – VM Equities #3

 

July 28, 2023

 

1,427,220

 

 

1,427,220

 

 

1,427,220

 

0.7

%

3316 – Spring Rock Bridge/428 Williams

 

August 11, 2023

 

3,439,153

 

 

3,439,153

 

 

3,439,153

 

1.7

%

3317 – 24-02 Queens Plaza South, Queens

 

August 22, 2023

 

12,000,000

 

 

12,000,000

 

 

12,000,000

 

6.1

%

3318 – 125 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY

 

September 12, 2023

 

8,000,000

 

 

8,000,000

 

 

8,000,000

 

4.0

%

3320 – Howell Lendco, LLC

 

September 19, 2023

 

14,000,000

 

 

14,000,000

 

 

14,000,000

 

7.1

%

3321 – Queens Plaza North New York, LLC

 

September 26, 2023

 

25,000,000

 

 

25,000,000

 

 

25,000,000

 

12.6

%

3324 – Sarasota

 

September 29, 2023

 

10,377,692

 

 

10,377,692

 

 

10,377,692

 

5.3

%

Tryperion TL Los Altos, LLC

 

September 26, 2023

 

28,930,784

 

 

28,927,964

 

 

28,930,784

 

14.6

%

           

$

142,348,344

 

$

142,351,164

   

 

10. Contingencies and commitments

In the normal course of business, the Fund will enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

10. Contingencies and commitments – (Continued)

The Fund is required to provide financial support in the form of investment commitments to certain investees as part of the conditions for entering into such investments. At December 31, 2023, the Fund reasonably believes its assets will provide adequate cover to satisfy all its unfunded commitments. The Fund’s unfunded commitments as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:

Participation Notes

 

Unfunded
Commitments

 

Fair Value

3316 – Spring Rock Bridge/428 Williams

 

$

11,560,847

 

$

11,560,847

3323 – 44 W 8 Capital, LLC & 44 W 8 SME, LLC

 

 

912,729

 

 

912,729

3330 – 3601 Parking, LLC & N Ocean Blvd, LLC

 

 

6,809,759

 

 

6,809,759

3340 – San Antonio Palo Alto, LLC

 

 

581,818

 

 

581,818

3343 – 502 East 81st Street Development, LLC

 

 

1,970,257

 

 

1,970,257

Tryperion TL Los Altos, LLC

 

 

4,069,216

 

 

4,069,216

   

$

25,904,626

 

$

25,904,626

11. Federal Tax Information

For the tax year ended December 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Cost of investments

 

$

182,340,403

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

2,820

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

2,820

For the tax year ended December 31, 2023, there were no permanent book to tax reclassifications.

The tax character of distributions paid during the tax year ended December 31, 2023 were as follows:

Distributions paid from:

 

 

 

Ordinary income

 

$

4,275,845

Total distributions paid

 

$

4,275,845

For the tax year ended December 31, 2023, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis for the Fund were as follows:     

Undistributed Ordinary Income

 

$

718

Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains

 

 

Accumulated Capital and Other Losses

 

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

2,820

Total

 

$

3,538

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Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

12. Risk factors

NEW FUND RISK.    The Fund is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end interval fund with limited operating history.

REPURCHASE OFFERS; LIMITED LIQUIDITY.    Although the Fund intends to implement a quarterly Share repurchase program, there is no guarantee that an investor will be able to sell all of the Shares he or she desires to sell. Accordingly, the Fund should be considered an illiquid investment.

NON-DIVERSIFIED STATUS.    The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act. As a result, it can invest a greater portion of its assets in obligations of a single issuer than a “diversified” fund. The Fund may therefore be more susceptible than a diversified fund to being adversely affected by a single corporate, economic, political or regulatory occurrence.

SOURCING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES RISK.    The Investment Manager may not be able to locate a sufficient number of suitable investment opportunities or finalize investments at a pace that allows the Fund to fully implement its investment strategy. Therefore, the Fund’s operations will likely be materially adversely affected to the extent the Fund’s capital is not fully deployed.

MORTGAGE LOAN RISK.    The Fund will invest in commercial mortgage loans, which are subject to risks of delinquency, foreclosure, and risk of loss. In the event of a commercial borrower’s default, the Fund’s profitability will suffer a material adverse effect to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the mortgage loan.

MORTGAGE PARTICIPATION RISK.    The Fund’s investments in commercial real estate loans will include holding a participation interest in such loans. The Fund generally will not have a right to enforce the borrower’s compliance with the terms of any loan agreement, so any such enforcement would require cooperation of other participation interests’ holders in the same underlying loan. The inability to enforce borrower’s compliance could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s profitability.

MEZZANINE DEBT.    Mezzanine investments share all of the risks of other high yield securities and are subject to greater risk of loss of principal and interest than higher-rated securities. High yield securities are below investment grade debt securities and are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” They are also generally considered to be subject to greater risk than securities with higher ratings in the case of deterioration of general economic conditions. Because investors generally perceive that there are greater risks associated with the lower-rated securities, the yields and prices of those securities may tend to fluctuate more than those for higher-rated securities.

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES RISK.    A rise in interest rates typically causes bond prices to fall. The longer the duration of bonds held by the Fund, the more sensitive it will likely be to interest fluctuations.

SECURED OVERNIGHT FINANCING RATE (“SOFR”) RISK.    SOFR is intended to be a broad measure of the cost of borrowing funds overnight in transactions that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. Because SOFR is a financing rate based on overnight secured funding transactions, it differs fundamentally from the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), so there is no assurance that SOFR, or rates derived from SOFR, will perform in the same or similar way as LIBOR would have performed at any time, and there is no assurance that SOFR-based rates will be a suitable substitute for LIBOR.

DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL RISK.    The Fund’s performance may depend on the Investment Manager’s ability to attract and retain certain key personnel in providing services with respect to the Fund’s investments, as well as such key personnel’s performance in selecting securities or investment techniques for the Fund’s portfolio.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

12. Risk factors – (Continued)

SECURED DEBT.    Although secured debt in most circumstances is fully collateralized by the borrower’s assets and holds a senior position in the borrower’s capital structure, there is a risk that the collateral may decrease in value over time, and may be difficult to apprise or sell in a timely manner. Therefore, the Fund’s ability to fully collect on the investment in the event of a default, is not guaranteed.

SECOND LIEN AND SUBORDINATED LOANS.    The Fund may invest in secured subordinated loans, which rank below senior secured loans in the priority of collateral claims. Consequently, such loans involve a higher degree of overall risk than senior loans of the same borrower due to the possible unsecured or partially secured status. Further, certain actions to enforce the Fund’s rights with respect to the collateral will be subject to senior loan holder’s directions.

DEFAULT RISK.    The ability of the Fund to generate income through its loan investments is dependent upon payments being made by the borrower underlying such loan investments. If a borrower is unable to make its payments on a loan, the Fund may be greatly limited in its ability to recover any outstanding principal and interest under such loan.

ILLIQUID PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS.    The Fund’s investments may include loans that are not registered under the Securities Act, and are not listed on any securities exchange, and lack a reliable secondary market. As such, these investments should be considered illiquid. The Fund’s overall returns may be adversely affected by the illiquid status of such investments.

LENDER LIABILITY CONSIDERATIONS AND EQUITABLE SUBORDINATION.    The Fund may be subject to allegations of lender liability due to alleged duty violations (e.g. good faith, commercial reasonableness and fair dealing). In addition, under “equitable subordination,” a court may elect to subordinate the Fund’s claim as a lender, to the claims of other creditors, under certain common law principles.

VALUATION RISK.    Unlike publicly traded common stock which trades on national exchanges, there is no central place or exchange for many of the Fund’s investments to trade. Due to the lack of centralized information and trading, the valuation of loans or fixed-income instruments may result in more risk than that of common stock. Uncertainties in the conditions of the financial market, unreliable reference data, lack of transparency and inconsistency of valuation models and processes may lead to inaccurate asset pricing. In addition, other market participants may value securities differently than the Fund. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the risk that when an instrument is sold in the market, the amount received by the Fund is less than the value of such loans or fixed-income instruments carried on the Fund’s books.

Shareholders should recognize that valuations of illiquid assets involve various judgments and consideration of factors that may be subjective. As a result, the NAV of the Fund, as determined based on the fair value of its investments, may vary from the amount ultimately received by the Fund from its investments. This could adversely affect Shareholders whose Shares are repurchased as well as new Shareholders and remaining Shareholders.

REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION.    The Fund will concentrate (i.e., invest more than 25% of its assets) its investments in securities of real estate industry issuers. As such, its portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the real estate market and may experience more volatility and be exposed to greater risk than a more diversified portfolio.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2023

12. Risk factors – (Continued)

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.    The Fund may be subject to a number of actual and potential conflicts of interest, resulting from the use of leverage, the Investment Manager’s other financial advisory activities that are similar to (or different than) those of the Fund, and personal trading of the directors, partners, trustees, managers, members, officers and employees of the Investment Manager and its affiliates.

CASH CONCENTRATION RISK.    The Fund may hold varying concentrations of cash and cash equivalents periodically which may consist primarily of cash, deposits in money market accounts and other short-term investments which are readily convertible into cash and have an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are subject to credit risk to the extent those balances exceed applicable Securities Investor Protection Corporations (“SIPC”) or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) limitations.

13. Subsequent events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

December 31, 2023

 

Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2023, the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”), and the financial highlights for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2023. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations, and its cash flows for the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2023, and the financial highlights of the period from June 26, 2023 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Continued)

December 31, 2023

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31 2023, by correspondence with the custodian and loan servicers. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

We have served as the Fund’s auditor since 2023.

Chicago, Illinois

February 29, 2024

 

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Other Information

December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

The Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the twelve months ended June 30, no later than August 31. The Fund’s Form N-PX filing is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund c/o UMB Fund Services, by telephone at 1-888-988-9882 or (ii) by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available, without charge and upon request, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

24

REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Fund Management

December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

NAME, ADDRESS AND
YEAR OF BIRTH

 


POSITION(S)
HELD WITH
THE FUND

 

LENGTH OF
TIME
SERVED

 

PRINCIPAL
OCCUPATION(S) DURING
PAST 5 YEARS

 

NUMBER OF
PORTFOLIOS
IN FUND
COMPLEX
OVERSEEN BY
TRUSTEES

 


OTHER
DIRECTORSHIPS
HELD BY TRUSTEES

J. Michael Fields
Year of Birth: 1973

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc.
235 W. Galena St.
Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Trustee

 

Since Inception

 

Independent Consultant, (June 2023 – present); Chief Operating Officer, The Strategic Group (financial consulting firm) (2017 – May 2023); Secretary, Hatteras Master Fund Complex (2009 – 2016); Chief Financial Officer, Hatteras Master Fund Complex (2004 – 2009)

 

1

 

Independent Board Member, Constitution Capital Access Fund, LLC (2022 – Present)

Stephen A. Mace
Year of Birth: 1957

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Trustee

 

Since Inception

 

General Counsel, Midwest Holding Inc. (a Delaware insurance holding company), and its subsidiaries (2020 – Present); President, Alpine Capital Research, LLC (a SEC-
registered investment adviser) (2016 – 2020)

 

1

 

Board of Directors, Centurion Alliance, Inc. (2000 – Present)

Stacy Roode
Year of Birth: 1968

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Trustee

 

Since Inception

 

Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments (2018 – 2020); Global Transfer Agent Manager, Shareholder Services Inc. (2009 – 2018); President, Oppenheimer Funds (1992 – 2018)

 

1

 

Independent Board of Trustee, XD Fund Trust (2023 – Present)

Amy Small*
Year of Birth: 1982

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Trustee

 

Since Inception

 

Executive Vice President, Executive Director — Institutional Custody Business Line, Director of Institutional Banking Operations, UMB Bank, n.a; (2018 – present); Director of Finance (2016 – 2018), Director of Financial Control, Operations, and Business Development, DST Systems, Inc. (advisory, technology and operations outsourcing service provider) (2000 – 2018)

 

1

 

None

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Fund Management (Continued)

December 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

NAME, ADDRESS AND
YEAR OF BIRTH

 


POSITION(S)
HELD WITH
THE FUND

 

LENGTH OF
TIME
SERVED

 

PRINCIPAL
OCCUPATION(S) DURING
PAST 5 YEARS

 

NUMBER OF
PORTFOLIOS
IN FUND
COMPLEX
OVERSEEN BY
TRUSTEES

 


OTHER
DIRECTORSHIPS
HELD BY TRUSTEES

Michael T. Messinger
Year of Birth: 1978

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

President

 

Since Inception

 

Founding Partner & Money Manager, Redwood Investment Management, LLC (2010 – present)

 

N/A

 

N/A

Ann Maurer
Year of Birth: 1972

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Secretary

 

Since Inception

 

Senior Vice President, Client Services (2017 – Present); Vice President, Senior Client Service Manager (2013 – 2017); Assistant Vice President, Client Relations Manager (2002 – 2013), each with UMB Fund Services, Inc.

 

N/A

 

N/A

Richard M. Duff
Year of Birth: 1966

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Treasurer

 

Since Inception

 

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager & Money Manager, Redwood Investment Management, LLC (2015 – present)

 

N/A

 

N/A

Alexander Woodcock
Year of Birth: 1989

c
/o UMB Fund Services, Inc. 235 W. Galena St. Milwaukee, WI 53212

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Since Inception

 

Director, PINE Advisor Solutions (2022 – Present); Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, PINE Distributors LLC (2022 – Present); Vice President of Compliance Services, SS&C ALPS Advisors (2019 – 2022); Manager of Global Operations Oversight, Oppenheimer Funds (2014 – 2019)

 

N/A

 

N/A

____________

*       Ms. Small is deemed an Interested Trustee because of her affiliation with the Fund’s Custodian.

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Privacy Notice (Unaudited)

     

The Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (the “Fund”, “we”. “our”, “us”) respects your right to privacy. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of nonpublic personal information. We want our investors and prospective investors to understand what information we collect and how we use it. “Nonpublic personal information” is defined as personally identifiable information about you. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not disclose it to anyone except as permitted or required by law or as described in this notice.

CONFIDENTIALITY & SECURITY

We take our responsibility to protect the privacy and confidentiality of investors’ and prospective investors’ information very seriously. We maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard nonpublic personal information. Our network is protected by firewall barriers, encryption techniques, and authentication procedures, among other safeguards, to maintain the security of your information. We provide this Privacy Notice to investors at the start of new relationships and annually after that. We continue to adhere to the practices described herein after investors’ accounts close. Furthermore, vendors with access to nonpublic personal information undergo an annual due diligence verification process to ensure their informational safeguards adhere to our strict standards.

WHY WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

The Redwood Real Estate Income Fund gathers information about our investors and their accounts to (1) know investors’ identities and thereby prevent unauthorized access to confidential information; (2) design and improve the products and services we offer to investors; and (3) comply with the laws and regulations that govern us.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

To fulfill our privacy commitment for prospective, current, and former investors, the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund has safeguards in place to protect nonpublic personal information. Safeguards include, but are not limited to:

        Policies and procedures to protect your nonpublic information and comply with federal and state regulations; and

        Contractual agreements with third-party service providers to protect your nonpublic personal information.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The Redwood Real Estate Income Fund is required by industry guidelines to obtain personal information about you in providing investment management services to you. We use this information to manage your account, direct your financial transactions, and provide you with valuable information about the assets we manage for you. We gather information from documents you provide to us, forms that you complete, and personal interviews. This information may include:

        Your name, address, and social security number;

        Proprietary information regarding your beneficiaries;

      Information regarding your earned wages and other sources of income;

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REDWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND
Privacy Notice (Unaudited) (Continued)

     

      The composition and value of your managed portfolio;

        Historical information we receive and maintain relating to transactions made on your behalf by the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund, your custodian, or others;

        Information we receive from your institutional financial advisor, investment consultant, or other financial institutions with whom the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund has a relationship and/or with whom you may be authorized us to gather and maintain such information.

SHARING INFORMATION WITH NON-AFFILIATED THIRD PARTIES

We only disclose nonpublic investor information to non-affiliated third parties (e.g. investor’s custodian or broker) without prior investor consent when we believe it necessary to conduct our business or as required or permitted by law such as:

        If you request or authorize the disclosure of the information;

        To provide investor account services or account maintenance;

        To respond to regulatory authorities, a subpoena or court order, judicial process, or law enforcement;

        To perform services for the Fund, or on its behalf, to maintain business operations and services;

        To help us to prevent fraud;

        With attorneys, accountants, and auditors of the Fund;

        To comply with federal, state, or local laws, rules, and other applicable legal requirements.

We do not sell your information and do not make any disclosure of investor nonpublic personal information to other companies who may want to sell their products or services to you.

OPT-OUT NOTICE

If, at any time in the future, it is necessary to disclose any investor personal information in a way that is inconsistent with this notice, the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund will provide you with proper advanced notice of the proposed disclosure so that you will have the opportunity to either opt-in or opt-out of such disclosure, as required by applicable law.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund at 888-988-9882

The identity of the members of the Board and the Fund’s officers and brief biographical information is set forth below. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the membership of the Board and is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 888-988-9882.

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Investment Manager
Redwood Investment Management, LLC
4110 N. Scottsdale Rd, Suite 125
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

Transfer Agent/Administrator
UMB Fund Services, Inc.
235 West Galena Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Custodian Bank
UMB Bank, N.A.
1010 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64106

 

Distributor
UMB Distribution Services, LLC
235 West Galena Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Grant Thornton LLP
171 N. Clark Street, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601

 

Fund Counsel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996

 

 

 

 

 

(b) There were no notices transmitted to stockholders in reliance on Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act that contained disclosures specified by paragraph (c)(3) of that rule.

 

Item 2.   Code of Ethics.

 

The Redwood Real Estate Fund (the “Registrant”) has a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. During the period covered by this report, there were no material amendments to the provisions of the Code, nor were there any implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the Code. The Code is included as Exhibit 13(a)(1).

 

Item 3.   Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

As of the end of the period covered by the report, the registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that J. Michael Fields and Stephen Mace are qualified to serve as the audit committee financial experts serving on its Audit Committee and that they are “independent,” as defined by Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

The aggregate fees for professional services by the principal accountant during the fiscal period ended December 31, 2023 were as follows:

 

(a) Audit Fees.

 

Fiscal period ended December 31, 2023:      $ 128,100

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees. These are fees by the Registrant’s independent auditors for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements that are not reported under “Audit Fees.”

 

Fiscal period ended December 31, 2023:      $ 0

 

(c) Tax Fees. These are fees billed for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s independent auditors for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.

 

Fiscal period ended December 31, 2023:      $ 0

 

(d) All Other Fees. These are aggregate fees billed for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2023 for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

Fiscal period ended December 31, 2023:      $ 0

 

 

 

 

(e) Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures.

 

(1)       The Audit Committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the Audit Committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the Registrant, including services provided to the Registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant with respect to any engagement that directly relates to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

 

(2)       The percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

 

(b) 0%

(c) 0%

(d) 0%

 

(f) The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the Registrant's financial statements for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2023 that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees was less than fifty percent.

 

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Registrant's accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2023, of the Registrant was $0.

 

(h) The Registrant's audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.

 

(i) Not applicable.

 

(j) Not applicable.

 

Item 5.   Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.   Schedule of Investments.

 

(a) Included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 7.   Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

 

The Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (the “Fund”) has adopted the following Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures (the “Fund’s Policy”), as set forth below, in recognition of the fact that proxy voting is an important component of investment management and must be performed in a dutiful and purposeful fashion in order to advance the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders.

 

Shareholders of the Fund expect the Fund to vote proxies received from issuers whose voting securities are held by the Fund. The Fund exercises its voting responsibilities as a fiduciary, with the goal of maximizing the value of the Fund and its shareholder’s investments. Redwood Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Redwood”) will seek to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders except where the Fund may be required by law to vote proxies in the same proportion as the vote of all other shareholders (i.e., “echo vote”).

 

Delegation of Proxy Voting to the Adviser

 

The Adviser shall vote all proxies relating to securities held by the Fund and, in that connection subject to any further policies and procedures contained herein, shall use proxy voting policies and procedures (“Proxy Policy”) adopted by the Adviser conformance with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”).

 

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policy and Procedure in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and Annual Report to Shareholders

 

The Fund shall include in annual report to shareholders on Form N-CSR, and in any SAI filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a summary of the Proxy Policy. In lieu of including a summary of policy, the Fund may include the policy in full.

 

Material Conflicts of Interest

 

If (i) the Adviser knows that a vote presents a material conflict between the interests of: (a) shareholders of the Fund, and (b) the Adviser or any of its affiliated persons; and (ii) the Adviser proposes to vote on the particular issue in the manner not prescribed by its Proxy Policy, then the Adviser will follow the material conflict of interest procedures set forth in the Adviser’s Proxy Policy when voting such proxies.

 

 

 

 

Adviser and Fund CCO Responsibilities

 

The Fund has delegated proxy voting authority with respect to the Fund’s portfolio securities to the Adviser, as set forth above. Consistent with this delegation, the Adviser is responsible for the following:

 

The Adviser must implement written policies and procedures, in compliance with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act, reasonably designed to ensure that the voting of portfolio securities is in the best interest of shareholders of the Fund.
At least annually, the Adviser will provide a summary of the material changes made to their Proxy Policies. These changes, and a redlined copy of such Proxy Policies, as applicable, shall be provided to the Board and to the Fund CCO.
At least annually, the Adviser will present to the Board a record of each proxy voted by the Adviser on behalf of the Fund, including a report on the resolution of all proxies identified by the Adviser involving a conflict of interest.
The Adviser CCO shall review all Proxy Policies at least annually to ensure that they are in compliance with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act and confirm that it appears reasonably designed to ensure that the Adviser votes portfolio securities in the best interest of shareholders of the Funds owning the portfolio securities voted.
Quarterly, the Fund CCO will request confirmation from the Adviser that any proxy votes for the Fund were handled in compliance with the Proxy Policies.

 

Review Responsibilities

 

The Adviser may retain a proxy-voting service to coordinate, collect, and maintain all proxy-related information.

 

If the Adviser retains a proxy-voting service, the Adviser will review the Fund’s voting records maintained by the service provider, select a sample of proxy votes from those submitted, and examine them against the proxy voting service files for accuracy of the votes at least annually in regard to adhering to foregoing policy guidelines.

 

Preparation and Filing of Proxy Voting Record on Form N-PX

 

The Fund will file its complete proxy voting record with the SEC on Form N-PX annually by August 31 of each year.

 

The Fund’s Administrator will be responsible for the oversight and completion of the filing of Form N-PX with the SEC. The Fund’s Administrator will file Form N-PX for each twelve-month period ended June 30, and the filing for each year will be made with the SEC on or before August 31 of that year.

 

Recordkeeping

 

Documentation of all votes for the Fund will be maintained by the Adviser and may be retained through a third-party proxy voting service, if applicable.

 

Adopted: 4/14/2023

 

 

 

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-end Management Investment Companies

 

(a)(1) Identification of Portfolio Manager(s) and Description of Role of Portfolio Manager(s)

 

All information included in this item is as of December 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted. As of December 31, 2023, Michael T. Messinger, Michael T. Cheung, and Richard M. Duff serve as the portfolio managers for, and are primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Registrant.

 

Michael T. Messinger

 

Mr. Messinger is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Partner at Redwood with eighteen years of experience in financial services. Mr. Messinger is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and live risk management of Redwood’s investment strategies. Prior to launching Redwood in 2010, he served as a Regional Vice President for RiverSource Investments (now known as Columbia Management) from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Messinger also worked as a marketer with ING’s investment management and insurance divisions from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Messinger began his career with UBS Wealth Management in 2000. Mr. Messinger holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Arizona.

 

Michael T. Cheung

 

Mr. Cheung is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Partner at Redwood. He has been with Redwood since 2013 and conducts research and macro analysis on current and prospective investments. His primary focus is on research, development, and testing of systematic investment strategies. He is also responsible for proprietary research software design and development, having experience working with a variety of programming languages and database structures. Mr. Cheung brings several years of quantitative investing experience, previously positioned as a head trader at a proprietary equity trading desk, responsible for overseeing both automated and discretionary trading systems. Prior to joining Redwood, Mr. Cheung was a quantitative trader at Coastal Trade Securities, LLC from 2010 to 2012 and at Agoge Capital, LLC from 2012 to 2013. Mr. Cheung studied quantitative economics and mathematics at the University of California, Irvine.

 

Richard M. Duff

 

Mr. Duff is Managing Partner of Redwood Investment Management, responsible for overseeing Redwood’s investment solutions from initial ideation to final implementation. Mr. Duff has been with Redwood since 2015. Mr. Duff began his career in 1994 as a member of the equity portfolio management committee at Pacific Income Advisers, that used a proprietary quantitative screening process combined with a team based qualitative overlay to manage U.S. core equity portfolios. Later he was a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he was Co-Head of the Private Client Group and a member of the Equity Operating Committee. Under his leadership, BlackRock launched its first quantitative factor-based suite of equity focused closed end funds. Immediately prior to joining Redwood, Mr. Duff was a partner and member of the investment committee at OMT Capital Management from 2010 to 2015, the general partner for Hawthorne Capital Partners, a long-short equity hedge fund focused on small cap U.S. equities. Mr. Duff received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and received his Juris Doctorate from University of San Francisco, School of Law.

 

 

 

 

(a)(2) Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Manager(s) or Management Team Member and Potential Conflicts of Interest.

 

The table below includes details about the type, number, and assets under management for the various types of other accounts, managed by the Portfolio Managers and total assets in the accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the accounts. The information is as of December 31, 2023.

 

Michael T. Messinger

 

Account

Type

Number of
Accounts by
Account Type

Total Assets By
Account Type

(in millions)

Number of
Accounts by
Account
Type Subject to a
Performance Fee

Total Assets By
Account Type
Subject to a
Performance Fee

(in millions)

Registered Investment Companies 10 $1,372.1 0 0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles 0 0 0 0
Other Accounts 4144 $550.8 0 0

 

Richard M. Duff

 

Account

Type

Number of
Accounts by
Account Type

Total Assets By
Account Type

(in millions)

Number of
Accounts by
Account
Type Subject to a
Performance Fee

Total Assets By
Account Type
Subject to a
Performance Fee

(in millions)

Registered Investment Companies 6 $963.4 0 0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles 0 0 0 0
Other Accounts 4107 $531.0 0 0

 

 

 

 

Michael T. Cheung

 

Account

Type

Number of
Accounts by
Account Type

Total Assets By
Account Type

(in millions)

Number of
Accounts by
Account
Type Subject to a
Performance Fee

Total Assets By
Account Type
Subject to a
Performance Fee

(in millions)

Registered Investment Companies 10 $1,372.1 0 0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles 0 0 0 0
Other Accounts 4107 $531.0 0 0

 

Conflicts of Interest: The Adviser is controlled by Michael T. Messinger. Many of the Adviser’s clients participate in investment programs that have investment objectives, policies and strategies that are substantially similar to the Fund. Other clients of the Adviser may have differing investment programs, objectives, policies and strategies. In general, when a portfolio manager has responsibility for managing more than one account, potential conflicts of interest may arise. Those conflicts could include preferential treatment of one account over others in terms of allocation of resources or of investment opportunities. For instance, the Adviser may receive fees from certain accounts that are higher than the fees it receives from the Fund, or the Adviser could receive performance-based fees on certain accounts. The procedures to address conflicts of interest, if any, are described below.

 

The Adviser attempts to avoid conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of the management of multiple client accounts. From time to time, a portfolio manager may recommend or cause a client to invest in a security or other instrument in which another client of the Adviser has an ownership position. The Adviser has adopted certain procedures intended to treat all client accounts in a fair and equitable manner. To the extent that a portfolio manager seeks to purchase or sell the same security or other instrument for multiple client accounts, the Adviser may aggregate, or bunch, these orders where a portfolio manager deems this to be appropriate and consistent with applicable regulatory requirements. When a bunched order is filled in its entirety, each participating client account will participate at the average share prices for the bunched order. When a bunched order is only partially filled, the securities or other instruments purchased will be allocated on a pro-rata basis to each account participating in the bunched order based upon the initial amount requested for the account, subject to certain exceptions. Each participating account will receive the average share price for the bunched order on the same business day.

  

(a)(3) Compensation Structure of Portfolio Managers

 

As of the date of this Annual Report, due to Mr. Messinger’s, Mr. Duff’s and Mr. Cheung’s ownership interest in the Adviser, they may receive compensation through their ownership interest to the extent that the Adviser distributes any profits or the value of ownership interests increase. Messrs. Messinger, Cheung and Duff receive a salary and a discretionary bonus based on the Fund and Redwood performance.

 

(a)(4) Disclosure of Securities Ownership

 

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by the portfolio managers in the Funds as of December 31, 2023.

 

Name of Portfolio Manager Redwood Real Estate Income Fund
Michael Messinger $10,001-50,000
Michael Cheung $0
Richard Duff $0

 

(b) Not applicable 

 

Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's board of trustees, where those changes were implemented after the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17CFR 229.407), or this Item.

 

Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report was appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service providers.

 

 

 

 

(b)There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the Registrant’s period covered by this report that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

(a) Not applicable

 

(b) Not applicable

 

Item 13.  Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Code of Ethics. Filed herewith.

 

(a) (2) Certifications required pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.

 

(a) (3) Not applicable.
   
(a) (4) There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.
   
(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund

 

/s/ Michael T. Messinger  
By: Michael T. Messinger  
President & Principal Executive Officer  
March 8, 2024  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Michael T. Messinger  
By: Michael T. Messinger  
President & Principal Executive Officer  
March 8, 2024  

 

/s/ Richard M. Duff  
By: Richard M. Duff  
Treasurer & Principal Financial Officer  
March 8, 2024  

 

 

Exhibit 99.CODEETH

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Code of Ethics for Chief Executive & Senior Financial Officers

 

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund (the “Fund”) is committed to conducting business in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and the highest standards of business ethics, and to full and accurate financial disclosure in compliance with applicable law. This Code of Ethics, applicable to the Fund’s Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer (or persons performing similar functions) (together, “Senior Officers”), sets forth specific policies to guide such individuals in the performance of their duties.

 

As a Senior Officer, you must comply with applicable law. You also have a responsibility to conduct yourself in an honest and ethical manner; and you have leadership responsibilities that include creating a culture of high ethical standards and commitment to compliance, maintaining a work environment that encourages employees to raise concerns, and promptly addressing employee compliance concerns.

 

The Code of Ethics of the Fund pursuant to Rule 17j-1(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “1940 Act Code of Ethics”), which this Code of Ethics is intended to supplement, sets forth the fundamental principles and key policies and procedures that govern the conduct of all of us in our business as registered investment companies.

 

Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

You are required to comply with the laws, rules and regulations that govern the conduct of our business and to report any suspected violations in accordance with the section below entitled “Violations”.

 

Reporting and Accountability

 

All Covered Officers will be held accountable for adherence to the Code. Each Covered Officer must, upon the Trust’s adoption of this Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing to the Board that he/she has received, read and understands this Code by signing the Acknowledgement Form attached hereto as Appendix A. Thereafter, each Covered Officer, on an annual basis, must affirm to the Board that he/she has complied with the requirements of this Code.

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

Senior Officers are expected to dedicate their best efforts to advancing the Fund’s interests and to use objective and unbiased standards when making decisions that affect the Fund, keeping in mind that you are subject to inherent conflicts of interest because certain officers are also officers of Redwood Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) as well as the Fund. Your obligation to conduct the Fund’s business in an honest and ethical manner includes the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and business relationships. A conflict of interest for the purpose of this Code of Ethics occurs when your private interests interfere in any way, or even appear to interfere, with the interests of the Fund. The 1940 Act Code of Ethics, the Adviser’s and the Fund’s allocation procedures and the other policies of the Fund are designed to ensure the ethical handling of such conflicts. As a result, it is incumbent on you to be familiar with the 1940 Act Code of Ethics, the Adviser’s and Fund’s allocations procedures and other rules and regulations under the 1940 Act as well as the policies of the Fund. When making any investment, accepting any position or benefits, participating in any transaction or business arrangement or otherwise acting in a manner that creates or appears to create a conflict of interest where you are receiving a personal benefit, you should act in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the 1940 Act Code of Ethics and/or the Fund’s or the Adviser’s other applicable policies and procedures. If you are in doubt as to the application or interpretation of any of these, you should make full disclosure of all facts and circumstances and obtain the prior written approval of the Secretary of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

Disclosures

 

It is the policy of the Fund to make full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in all reports and documents that the Fund files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in all other public communications made by the Fund. As a Senior Officer, you are required to promote compliance with this policy by all employees and to abide by the Fund’s standards, policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with this Code of Ethics.

 

Violations

 

If you know of or suspect a violation of applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures or this Code of Ethics, you must immediately report that information to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Fund verbally, in writing or by other means necessary. No one will be subject to retaliation when making any such report in good faith report of an actual or suspected violation.

 

Violations of this Code of Ethics may result in disciplinary action, up to and including discharge. The Board of Trustees shall determine, or shall designate appropriate persons to determine, appropriate action in response to violations of this Code.

 

Waivers of Code of Ethics

 

Any waiver of this Code, including an implicit waiver, granted to a Senior Officer may be made only by the Board of Trustees or a committee of the Board to which such responsibility has been delegated, and must be disclosed by the Fund in the manner prescribed by law.

 

No Rights Created

 

This Code of Ethics is a statement of certain fundamental principles, policies and procedures that govern the Fund’s Senior Officers in the conduct of the Fund’s business. It is not intended to and does not create any rights in any employee, investor, supplier, competitor, shareholder or any other person or entity.

 

Waivers of Code of Ethics

 

Any waiver of this Code, including an implicit waiver, granted to a Senior Officer may be made only by the Board of Trustees or a committee of the Board to which such responsibility has been delegated, and must be disclosed by the Fund in the manner prescribed by law.

 

No Rights Created

 

This Code of Ethics is a statement of certain fundamental principles, policies and procedures that govern the Fund’s Senior Officers in the conduct of the Fund’s business. It is not intended to and does not create any rights in any employee, investor, supplier, competitor, shareholder or any other person or entity.

 

Adopted: 4/14/2023

 

 

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund

Exhibit 13(a)(2) to Form N-CSR

 

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(A)
UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Michael T. Messinger, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   
b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 8, 2024

 

/s/ Michael T. Messinger  

Michael T. Messinger

President & Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

I, Richard M. Duff, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   
b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 8, 2024

 

 /s/ Richard M. Duff  

Richard M. Duff

Treasurer & Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.906CERT

 

Redwood Real Estate Income Fund

Exhibit 13(b) to Form N-CSR

 

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Michael T. Messinger, President & Principal Executive Officer of the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund, certify to my knowledge that:

 

1.The Form N-CSR of the Registrant for the period ended December 31, 2023 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and

 

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant for the stated period.

 

/s/ Michael T. Messinger  

By: Michael T. Messinger

President & Principal Executive Officer

Date: March 8, 2024

 

I, Richard M. Duff, Treasurer & Principal Financial Officer of the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund, certify to my knowledge that:

 

1.The Form N-CSR of the Registrant for the period ended December 31, 2023 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and

 

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant for the stated period.

 

/s/ Richard M. Duff  

Richard M. Duff

Treasurer & Principal Financial Officer

Date: March 8, 2024

 

These certifications are being furnished to the Commission solely pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350 and are not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund and will be retained by the Redwood Real Estate Income Fund and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.