Business: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. is a commercial real estate finance company that intends to elect to be treated as a real estate investment trust. NREF's strategy is to originate, structure and invest in first mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and alternative structured financings in commercial real estate properties, as well as multifamily commercial mortgage backed securities. The company is primarily focused on investments in real estate sectors where its senior management team has operating expertise, including in the multifamily, single-family rental, or SFR, self-storage, hospitality and office sectors predominantly in the top 50 metropolitan statistical areas. NREF is externally managed by NexPoint Real Estate Advisors VII, L.P. (the Manager), a subsidiary of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. (the Sponsor).