Real Estate
Learn how real estate investing can diversify portfolio risk and enhance portfolio performance, along with the latest news and developments in this most popular alternative investment.
Property Held For Sale A Company By Company Issue
By Jim ConnollyReal estate property available for sale held by the top 50 companies declined slightly in 2005 to $920.3 million from $931 million, but changes in ...
September 06, 2006
Companies Clash Over TrademarkA U.S. District Court judge in St. Paul, Minn., has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting one insurer from using a trademarked name claimed by another ...
July 01, 2006
Just the FactsIf you're a data nerd like me, I've got a book for you: Freakonomics by Steven Levitt, an economist at the University of Chicago, and...
July 01, 2006
Unreal EstateFor many clients, emotions around home and property aren't gone with the wind. Many of us grew up believing that owning a place of our...
June 01, 2006
Big Apple BoomIn looking at the most promising real estate markets around the country in which he can invest, CGM Realty Fund's Ken Heebner is in a...
June 01, 2006
The Next Investment Scandal?The IRS issued guidelines on 1031 exchanges to tenants-in-common properties (TIC) in 2002. Since then, billions of dollars have poured into investments loaded with promoter...
June 01, 2006
Location, location, locationAs advisors strive to diversify clients' portfolios by allocating investments across a broad range of asset types, one challenge may be finding assets that should...
May 14, 2006
Pitfalls Of Probate AvoidanceFor years, financial planners and advisors have preached the creed of "avoiding probate." In their efforts to avoid probate at all costs, planners sometimes overlook ...