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Preface. <p>Acknowledgments.</p> <p><b>PART 1: Getting Started in REITs.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Real Estate as an Asset Class.</p> <p>Chapter 2: The History of Real Estate Investment Trusts.</p> <p>Chapter 3: REITs as an Asset Class.</p> <p>Chapter 4: REITs as a Portfolio Diversification Tool.</p> <p>Chapter 5: Integrating REITs into an Investment Portfolio.</p> <p><b>PART 2: Real Estate Economics and Analysis.</b></p> <p>Chapter 6: Real Estate Market Characteristics.</p> <p>Chapter 7: Real Estate Development.</p> <p>Chapter 8: Partnerships and Joint Ventures.</p> <p>Chapter 9: Analyzing REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 10: Advanced Financial REIT Topics.</p> <p><b>PART 3: Public Real Estate Sectors.</b></p> <p>Chapter 11: Residential REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 12: Manufactured Home Community REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 13: Office REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 14: Industrial REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 15: Retail Property REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 16: Hotel REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 17: Health Care Properties.</p> <p>Chapter 18: Self-Storage REITs.</p> <p>Chapter 19: Other REIT Sectors.</p> <p>Appendix A: Real Estate Mutual Funds.</p> <p>Appendix B: Real Estate Investment Trusts.</p> <p>Glossary.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<b>Richard Imperiale</b> is President and founder of the Uniplan Companies, a Milwaukee,Wisconsin-based investment advisory holding company. Uniplan and its affiliates manage and advise over $450 million in client accounts. Uniplan specializes in providing clients with consistently superior risk-adjusted returns managing equity, REITs, and micro cap specialty portfolios. Imperiale is also the author of <i>The Micro Cap Investor</i> and <i>J.K. Lasser Pro Real Estate Investment Trusts</i>, both published by Wiley.

<b>EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REITS</b> <p><b><i>GETTING STARTED IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS</i></b></p> <p>Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) offer small investors the chance to participate in a broad range of real estate opportunities across most major property sectors and geographic locations. But to make the most out of this proven investment vehicle, you must first gain a firm understanding of it.</p> <p><i>Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts</i> provides an accessible introduction to the benefits and performance characteristics of REITs and examines the role they play in a well-diversified investment portfolio.</p> <p>Divided into three comprehensive parts, Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts covers a wide variety of issues within this field, including:</p> <ul> <li>The legal and financial history of REITs</li> <li>How REITs behave as an investment class and how they are best integrated into an investor's portfolio</li> <li>The fundamental economic issues that affect real estate and how they impact REITs</li> <li>Specific methods for analyzing REITs as an investment</li> <li>Different types of REITs: residential, office, industrial, retail property, and more</li> </ul> <p>Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, <i>Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts</i> is a valuable road map to an investment that can help stabilize and grow your portfolio for years to come.</p>

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