7 Real Estate Investments to Capitalize on “the Silver Tsunami” as America Ages

A popular statistic thrown around over the last decade noted that 10,000 Americans turned 65 every single day. From 2025 to 2027, however, that number is projected to peak at 11,200 new seniors every day. The “silver tsunami” is building, and it will leave plenty of change in its wake as it crests and crashes. So how can we as real estate investors look ahead and invest accordingly—even if we can only invest small amounts at a time? 1. Assisted Living Facilities Plenty of seniors will need assisted living care. And there aren’t enough facilities currently catering to them. Matthews.com reports that occupancy at assisted living facilities has increased by roughly 2% a year for each of the last four years. In secondary markets, that’s put occupancy rates at 90%, with many primary markets higher still. In the co-investing club that I invest through, we just vetted and went in on an assisted living facility deal. It’s with a mom-and-pop operator in Sonoma County serving higher-end clients, and our investment was in an expansion to their third campus in the area. They plan to refinance in Year 2 to return our investment capital, but we’ll continue collecting distributions for the full h...