REITs For Dummies

Brad Thomas has over 30 years of real estate investing experience. He's published over 4,000 articles during the last 13 years, and he is the top writer on Seeking Alpha, the world's largest investing community. He is also the CEO of Wide Moat Research, senior analyst at iREIT(R), and a REIT ETF provider (iREIT^(R) MarketVector^(TM) Quality REIT Index). Brad teaches REITs at New York University and other schools such as Penn State University, Clemson University, the University of North Carolina, Cornell University, and Georgetown University.

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with REITs 5 Chapter 1: Who Wants to Be a Virtual Landlord? 7 Chapter 2: It All Starts with Real Estate 15 Chapter 3: Unlocking the First Level of the REIT Universe 31 Chapter 4: Understanding How REITs Make Money 45 Chapter 5: REITs around the Globe 61 Part 2: Exploring the REIT Universe 83 Chapter 6: Exploring the Primary REIT Sectors 85 Chapter 7: Exploring Alternative REIT Sectors 105 Chapter 8: Putting on Your REIT Analyst Hat 125 Chapter 9: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff 149 Part 3: REITs for All Investors 161 Chapter 10: Building a Smart REIT Portfolio from the Ground Up 163 Chapter 11: The Big Fish REIT Investors 179 Chapter 12: Pressing the REIT Easy Button 195 Part 4: The Part of Tens 211 Chapter 13: More Than Ten FAQs About REITs 213 Chapter 14: Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Investing in REITs 223 Appendix A: Assessing Weighted Average Cost of Capital 233 Appendix B: Determining Net Asset Value 237 Appendix C: Calculating Adjusted Funds from Operations 241 Glossary 243 Index 261