When most people think of student housing, images from the movie “Animal House” usually come to mind. It’s a common misperception, and one that continues to influence investment decisions today. The reality of st...
Americans are getting fatter and older by the minute. While that’s not happy news for us individually, it certainly represents an opportunity for healthcare real estate investment trusts...
I’ve been full of optimism when it comes to U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) --- and have been since December 2008. People called me crazy, but I was right. Here is my story.
Yes, it's true that the commercial real estate industry is suffering from increasing vacancies, decreasing rents and declining property values. Call it a trifecta of bad news. Yet, for bottom-feeders er, contrarians...
Last month, as Wall Street was melting down and the global stock markets were crashing, I gave my parents some investing advice: I told them to invest in U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs). Talk about the...
Institutional investors have been piling into CRE CDOs, relatively new high-yield debt vehicles, like clowns into a circus car. First issued in 1999, CRE CDOs are commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations...
