Maybe there are headwinds, but retirement stocks are the best way to spread a little cash in real estate, if you don't have any diversification there... which is why i kept a small parcel of sum.
To justify my opinion, residential investment is unattractive as the govt has deemed landlords as evil and tenants as underdog angels. More tenant rights, less landlord rights to come, pricing pressure, etc. REITs seem to perform poorly compared to other stocks, possibly due to value coming out in dividends and management fees? Retirement stocks could be viewed as commercial property with a sound business model occupying, with constant demand throughout all stages of the economy. Notably all of the above are effected by property prices.