BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC. (0001713407) (Filer)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 20, 2026

BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

225 Liberty Street, 8th Floor

New York, New York

10281

(Zip code)

(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 417-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On October 20, 2026, Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (the “Company”) issued equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) to Brookfield REIT Adviser LLC (the “Adviser”), an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (together with its affiliates, “Brookfield”). Pursuant to the advisory agreement by and among the Company, Brookfield REIT Operating Partnership L.P. and the Adviser, the Adviser is entitled to an annual management fee payable monthly in cash or shares of the Company’s Class E or Class I common stock, in each case at the Adviser’s election. For the month ended September 30, 2026, the Adviser elected to receive its management fees in Class I common shares and the Company issued 120,587 unregistered Class I common shares to the Adviser in satisfaction of the September 2026 management fee of $1,272,987. This issuance to the Adviser was made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

The Company sold Class C shares in a private offering to a feeder vehicle that offers interests in such feeder vehicle to non-U.S. persons. These shares were issued at the applicable NAV per share on the date the shares were sold. The offer and sale of Class C shares to the feeder vehicle was exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation S thereunder.

On October 20, 2026, the Company also issued unregistered Class I common shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan to a feeder vehicle that offers interests in such feeder vehicle to non-U.S. persons. This issuance was made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The following table details the unregistered Class I common shares issued to the feeder vehicle during the month of October 2026.

On October 20, 2026, the Company also issued unregistered Class I common shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan to Brookfield and its affiliates. These issuances were made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The following table details the unregistered Class I common shares issued to Brookfield and its affiliates during the month of October 2026.

On October 1, 2026, the Company also sold Class E common shares to certain employees of Brookfield and its affiliates in one or more private offerings. These shares were issued at the applicable NAV per share on the date the shares were sold. The offer and sale of Class E common shares was exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D thereunder. On October 20, 2026, the Company also issued unregistered Class E common shares pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan to Brookfield and its affiliates. These issuances were made pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The following table details the unregistered Class E common shares issued to Brookfield and its affiliates during the month of October 2026.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 22, 2026        

                            BROOKFIELD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST INC.