Businesses ranging from Pfizer Inc. to Silvercup Studios will fund the Homeless Assistance Fund that will provide services to people living on the streets or experiencing mental illness.

Rents are rising for mobile home residents as big-time investors buy up mobile home communities, reports The Associates Press. Blackstone predicts continued rent increases in multifamily and industrial sectors. These are among today’s must reads...

This structure allows holders of real estate to exchange real property for economic interest in the REIT in the form of operating partnership units.

Paring costs is increasingly important as e-commerce becomes more popular and accounts for a larger part of revenue.