REIT investment could be very rewarding but you need to be very careful and selective. Hydepark is not even qualified as a REIT even it pretended to be that way.
In Canada, the investment return and dividend on senor home REIT simply can not be that high as Hydepark claimed. there are many REIT companies to compare, or you can check other best run and managed REIT investment companies
in this country. As far as I know, this company don't sent quarterly or audited annually financial reports to the investors. How could you expect such a return without all this basic info? If you rely on your investment return only on the salesmen's mouth you are entering a very very high risk area.
To be simple, You don't need to be smart. Even you need no smart but you need ration to be not fooled by other when invest. If your are smart and intelligent and rational you wouldn't doing poor in your investment. Good luck next time.