Acknowledgments xi
A Building Block for REITs xiii
Chapter 1 REITs: What They Are and How They Work 1
Chapter 2 REITs Versus Competitive Investments 15
Chapter 3 REITs over the Decades 27
Chapter 4 Residential REITs 41
Chapter 5 Retail REITs 57
Chapter 6 Office, Healthcare, Self-Storage, and Lodging REITs 71
Chapter 7 Technology REITs 83
Chapter 8 Specialized REITs 101
Chapter 9 REITs: Mysteries and Myths 113
Chapter 10 REITs: Growth and Value Creation 123
Chapter 11 Searching for Blue Chips 143
Chapter 12 Breaking Down the REIT Balance Sheet 153
Chapter 13 REIT Preferred Stocks 163
Chapter 14 The Quest for Investment Value 173
Chapter 15 Building a REIT Portfolio 187
Chapter 16 Investing in Global REITs 203
Chapter 17 Management Matters 211
The Intelligent REIT Glossary 221
The Intelligent REIT Investor 233
Afterword 239
Index 241