The 5 Success Tips for Real Estate Investors. Randy Ramadhin is author of Investing in Condominiums, Amazon.com number one seller for real estate 2011 and in Chapters or Indigo Books. He is a sought after speaker, investor and coach with a portfolio of milions in the Southern Ontario real estate market. Randy has done with with little or no money. With an understanding of credit, other people’s money and the psychology of dealmaking, he can show you how to own your first or your twentieth property. More information can be obtained at www.randyramadhin.com or www.condoinvest.ca

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http://www.reit.com In a video interview with REIT.com at REITWorld 2011: NAREIT’s Annual Convention For All Things REIT in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole hotel, CEO Trevor Bond said that W.P. Carey is invested in about 28 industries at any given time. He said any one of the company’s funds may have 20 or so different industry types represented within it.

“So naturally, as you get ups and downs in the economy, those risks will be buffeted by the spreading out of those risks,” Bond said.

W.P. Carey also views diversity as more complex than usual, according to Bond. He said the company likes to diversify by country, or region within a country, to get the full benefits of relative movements in different economies.

However, he said one of the primary benefits comes in the form of having long term leases. Bond said long term leases take the risk out of the short term swing of its investment.

“With any given dislocation, such as the one we’re currently in, if you have a five to seven year down cycle and we’re signing leases that are 15 to 20 years, we feel comfortable that if we’ve done our homework and evaluated that particular tenant and credit appropriately, as long as they can continue to pay rent we can deliver income to our investors,” he said.

Bond said that the best investment opportunity is in the triple B credits or below. He added that they may be very good companies that experienced difficulty accessing the credit markets at a particular time.

“So we can step in and provide them with credit at a time when they might not be able to get it. We’re seeing quite a lot of that; that’s been our sweet spot,” Bond said.

Bond has also noticed more good credits in secondary markets where there hasn’t been a lot of new construction.

“We are seeing some very good credits that either want to build a new campus or take over existing buildings, or use our funding to renovate it and then occupy that building,” he said.

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http://www.valleywidehomes.com/gilbert-arizona-investment-real-estate/ Phoenix-Gilbert Arizona Investment Real Estate presents short sales & foreclosure Listings. This property is located in the Gilbert subdivision of Towne Meadows and sits on a lot that is 4793 square feet. Property was built in 1993 and has 1890 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2 car garage, and a pebble TEC pool. House is an overall great shape with wood laminate flooring and tile covering the 1st floor. Do-it-yourself renovations could run $5000-$7000 in full retail renovations could run $12,000-$15,000. This is a video presented primarily for investors. http://www.valleywidehomes.com/sell-my-house-quickly-phoenix-arizona/

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http://www.reit.com Kimco Realty Corp.’s (NYSE: KIM) decision to go public in 1991 kicked off what is now considered the Modern REIT Era. Twenty years later, Kimco President and CEO David Henry says the company’s initial public offering (IPO) changed the face of commercial real estate investment.

In a video interview with REIT.com at REITWorld 2011: NAREIT’s Annual Convention For All Things REIT in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole hotel, Henry reflected on the development of the REIT industry in the last two decades. Today, equity REITs have become a widely accepted way to invest in commercial real estate, according to Henry, whereas that might not have been the case prior to Kimco’s IPO.

“Before Kimco became public in 1991, REITs were primarily mortgage REITs with somewhat of a jaded history,” Henry said. “It was really the beginning of a 20-year trend of the growth and the acceptance of equity REITs.”

The attending benefits of the REIT approach to commercial real estate investment have been significant, Henry said. They include liquidity, transparency and a consistent dividend. Henry also noted that REITs’ restrained use of leverage offers investors stability.

“We like to emphasize the balance sheets of REITs are quite strong,” he said. “We’re talking about leverage levels less than 50 percent, so it’s a safe, strong, reliable means to invest in real estate.”

Henry said the man who took Kimco public, chairman Milton Cooper, instilled a culture of “being a good partner” within the company.

“He treats everyone with dignity and respect, and he’s genuinely interested in people,” Henry said. “Treat others the same way you would have them treat you.”

Looking ahead to the next 20 years, Henry said he expects the company’s growth to come from international markets. Kimco already has a presence in Mexico, Canada and South America. He also said the company will continue its investment management program on behalf of major institutional investors, such as pension funds.

Lastly, Henry said Kimco will continue to make “opportunistic” investments.

“Kimco has a 50-year history of being opportunistic,” he said. “We will continue to make opportunistic investment bets with retailers.”

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Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx Group, talks about his recommendation of real estate investment trusts, or REITs.
Colas also discusses the outlook for the U.S. housing market. He speaks with Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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