Real Estate Investment Trusts Directory

What is a real estate investment trust (REIT)?

A pool of real estate that is sold as a public security.

Why are they a good investment?

Since their in beginning in the early 60s, REITs have outperformed common stocks with less risk. On average, annual returns have exceed 13% per year.

List of Publicly Traded Real Estate Investment Trusts

Aames Investment Corporation	Ventas Inc	Trustreet Properties Inc
Alexander's Inc	Windrose Medical Properties Trust	U Store It Trust
American Financial Realty Trust	Boykin Lodging Company	Weingarten Realty Investors
AmeriVest Properties Inc	Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust Inc	Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation	Equity Inns Inc	Amer 1st Tax Exempt Inv
Arbor Realty Trust Inc	FelCor Lodging Trust Inc	America First Apartment Investors Inc
Arizona Land Income Corporation	Hersha Hospitality Trust	American Home Mortgage Investment Corp
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc	Hospitality Properties Trust	Annaly Mortgage Management
BNP Residential Properties Inc	Host Marriott Corporation	Atlantic Realty Trust SBI
BRE Properties Inc	Innkeepers USA Trust	Bimini Mortgage Management Inc
Capital Trust Inc	InnSuites Hospitality Trust	Capital Alliance Income
Cedar Shopping Centers Inc	Jameson Inns Inc	CharterMac
Colonial Properties Trust	LaSalle Hotel Properties	Countrywide Financial Corporation
Cousins Properties Inc	MeriStar Hospitality Corporation	Delta Financial Corporation
Crescent Real Estate Equities Company	Senior Housing Properties	Doral Financial Corp
CRIIMI MAE Inc	Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc	Freddie Mac
Developers Diversified Realty Corp	Strategic Hotel Capital Inc	Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings Inc
Digital Realty Trust Inc	Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc	HomeBanc Corp
Duke Realty Corp	Supertel Hospitality Inc	IMPAC Mortgage Holdings Inc
EastGroup Properties Inc	Winston Hotels Inc	Income Opportunity Realty Investors Inc
Entertainment Properties Trust	AMB Property Corporation	JER Investors Trust Inc
First Acceptance Corporation	CenterPoint Properties Trust	Luminent Mortgage Capital Inc
First Potomac Realty Trust	Extra Space Storage Inc	Matrix Bancorp Inc
Franklin Street Properties Corp	First Industrial Realty Inc	New Century Financial Corporation REIT
Glenborough Realty Trust Inc	Monmouth R E Inv Corp	New York Mortgage Trust Inc
Gramercy Capital Corp	ProLogis	NovaStar Financial Inc
Heritage Property Invest Trust Inc	PS Business Parks Inc	Sunset Financial Resources Inc
Highwoods Properties Inc	Public Storage CL A	Transnational Financial Network Inc
HMG Courtland Properties	Public Storage Inc	United PanAm Financial Corporation
Kilroy Realty Corporation	Shurgard Storage Centers Inc	The Washtenaw Group Inc
Lexington Corp Prop Tr	Sovran Self Storage Inc	Alto Palermo S A ADR
Maxus Realty Trust Inc	Affordable Residential Communities Inc	American Real Estate Partners L P
Meredith Enterprises Inc	American Campus Communities Inc	American Realty Investors Inc
MFA Mortgage Investments	American Land Lease Inc	American Spectrum Realty Inc
Mid America Apartment	American Mortgage Acceptance Company	AmREIT
Newcastle Investment Corp	AMLI Residential Properties Trust	Arden Realty Inc
Newkirk Realty Trust Inc	Apartment Investment and Management Co	BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES CORPORATION
Northstar Realty Finance Corp	Archstone Smith Trust	Capital Properties Inc
One Liberty Properties Inc	Associated Estates Realty Corporation	CB Richard Ellis Group Inc
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad	AvalonBay Communities	City Investing Company Liquidating Trust
PRENTISS PROPERTIES TRUST	BRT Realty Trust	Columbia Equity Trust Inc
President Rlty A	Camden Property Trust	Corrections Corp of America
Presidential Realty Corporation	Capstead Mortgage Corporation	COUNSEL CORPORATION
RAIT Investment Trust	Centracore Properties Trust	Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd
Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust	Dynex Capital Inc	Forest City Enterprises Inc
Reckson Associates Realty	Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc	Forest City Entrp B
Redwood Trust Inc	Equity Residential	Gladstone Commercial Corporation
Saul Centers Inc	Essex Property Trust Inc	GMH Communities Trust
Sizeler Property Inv	Fieldstone Investment Corporation	Great Northern Iron Ore
SL Green Realty Corp	Highland Hospitality Corporation	Gyrodyne Company of America Inc
Thornburg Mortgage Inc	Home Properties Inc	Homex Development Corp ADR
Urstadt Biddle Prop	Investors Real Estate Trust	The InterGroup Corporation
Vornado Realty Trust	MortgageIT Holdings Inc	J W Mays Inc
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust	Origen Financial Inc	Jones Lang LaSalle Inc
Winthrop Realty Trust	Post Properties Inc	Levitt Corporation
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc	Roberts Realty Investors Inc	MI DEVELOPMENTS INC CL A SV
Bedford Property Investors Inc	Saxon Capital Inc	Monmouth Capital Corporation
BioMed Realty Trust Inc	Sun Communities Inc	New England Realty Associates Ltd ADR
Boston Properties Inc	The Town and Country Trust	OneTravel Holdings Inc
Brandywine Realty Trust	United Dominion Realty	Paragon R E Equity Investment Trust
Capital Lease Funding Inc	United Mobile Homes Inc	Plum Creek Timber Co Inc
Carramerica Realty Corporation	Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc	Rayonier Inc
Corporate Office Properties Trust	Acadia Realty Trust	Reading Internat Inc B
Equity Office Properties Trust	Agree Realty Corporation	Reading International Inc
Government Properties Trust Inc	CBL & Associates Properties Inc	Security Capital Corp
HRPT Properties Trust	Commercial Net Lease Realty Inc	Silverleaf Resorts Inc
Liberty Property Trust	Equity One Inc	SonomaWest Holdings Inc
Mack Cali Realty Corp	Federal Realty Inv Trust	Sunterra Corporation
Maguire Properties Inc	General Growth Properties	Tejon Ranch Company
Mission West Properties	Getty Realty Corp	Trammell Crow Company
Parkway Properties Inc	Glimcher Realty Trust	Transcontinental Realty
PMC Commercial Trust	Inland Real Estate Corporation	W P Carey Co LLC
Republic Property Trust	Kimco Realty Corporation	Wellsford Real Properties Inc
Trizec Properties Inc	Kite Realty Group Trust	American Community Properties Trust
Cogdell Spencer Inc	The Macerich Company	Bluegreen Corporation
Health Care Property Investors Inc	The Mills Corporation	California Coastal Communities Inc
Health Care REIT Inc	New Plan Excel Realty Tr	Consolidated Tomoka Land Co
Healthcare Realty Trust	Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc	Golf Trust of America Inc
LTC Properties Inc	Pennsylvania R E I T	Heartland Partners LP
National Health Investors	Realty Income Corp	IRSA Inversiones Representaciones ADR
National Health Realty	Regency Centers Corp	The St Joe Company
Nationwide Health Properties Inc	Simon Property Group Inc	Stratus Properties Inc
Omega Healthcare Investor	Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc	Thomas Properties Group Inc
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Taubman Centers Inc	ZipRealty Inc

Tip #3: You can buy real estate through your discount broker.

Using your discount broker, you can buy or sell ownership in just about any type of real estate including apartment buildings, commercial buildings, hotels and hospitals, through real estate investment trusts or REITs. Since their inception in 1960, REITs have outperformed the stock market with less investing risk.

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