Why Investors Are Looking for Boring Investments with Heather Dreves

Property Profits Real Estate Podcast · Sep 5, 2026 · 17m

A few years ago, Heather Dreves was sitting in rooms where investors were excited about opportunities promising returns above 20 percent. Today, she says she hears something very different: people want boring investments.

Heather has spent more than 20 years around private lending. Today, she works with Central Lending, where her main focus is investor relations and capital raising. She is also an active real estate investor who has borrowed private money herself.

That experience gives Heather a view from several sides of the same deal.

She explains how Central Lending funds mainly…