Exhibit A

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

This will confirm the agreement by and among the undersigned that the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof with respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of the Class I shares of common stock of KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc. is being filed, and all amendments thereto will be filed, on behalf of each of the persons and entities named below that is named as a reporting person in such filing in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: August 26, 2021
	KKR ALTERNATIVE ASSETS LLC
	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin,
		Chief Financial Officer
	KKR GROUP ASSETS HOLDINGS II L.P.
	By:	KKR Group Assets II GP LLC, its general partner
	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
	KKR GROUP ASSETS II GP LLC
	By:	KKR Group Partnership L.P., its sole member
	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
	KKR GROUP PARTNERSHIP L.P.
	By:	KKR Group Holdings Corp., its general partner
	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher

	Title: Attorney-in-fact for
	Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
KKR GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.
By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
	Name: Terence P. Gallagher
	Title: Attorney-in-fact for
	Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
KKR & CO. INC.
By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
	Name: Terence P. Gallagher
	Title: Attorney-in-fact for
	Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
KKR MANAGEMENT LLP
By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
	Name: Terence P. Gallagher
	Title: Attorney-in-fact for
	Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer
HENRY R. KRAVIS
By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
	Name: Terence P. Gallagher
	Title: Attorney-in-fact
GEORGE R. ROBERTS
By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
	Name: Terence P. Gallagher
	Title: Attorney-in-fact