Causes and Features of a Greenstick Fracture. The term greenstick fracture is used because it evokes of a young, green branch that bends, and even splinters, but doesn't fully break. As such, is classified as an incomplete break since only one side of a bone is broken while the other side is merely bent.
Definition of public float: In the overall amount of a company's stock, the amount of shares that are held by public investors and not including the shares that are held by the officers or directors of that company.
REITs are blind pools of investment properties with little transparency, and they generally carry high fees. Public REITs are traded like stocks and are therefore subject to the volatility of the market. In real estate crowdfunding, your risk is more localized and not correlated with the global equity markets.