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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction.Acknowledgments.Part I: Meet the REIT.Chapter 1: REITs: What They Are and How They Work.Types of REITs.General Investment Characteristics.Higher Current Returns.Summary.Chapter 2: REITs versus Competitive Investments.Bonds.Convertible Bonds.Preferred Stocks.Other High-Yielding Equities.Other Real Estate Investment Vehicles.Summary.Chapter 3: Today's REITs.The First REIT.The Tax Reform Act of 1986.UPREITs and DownREITs.REIT Modernization Act and "RIDEA".Lending REITs versus Ownership REITs.Expansion of REIT Property Sector Offerings.Summary.Chapter 4: Property Sectors and Their Cycles.Ups and Downs.Property Sectors.Summary.Part II: History and Mythology.Chapter 5: REITs: Mysteries and Myths.Changing Attitudes toward REITs.Myths about REITs.Summary.Chapter 6: A History of REITs and REIT Performance.The 1960s: Infancy.The 1970s: Adolescence and Turbulence.The 1980s: Overbuilding - The Troll Under the Bridge.The 1990s: The Modern REIT Era--Plus More Growing Pains.Recent Trends.Summary.Part III: Investing in REITs Intelligently.Chapter 7: REITs: Growth and Value Creation.The Significance of FFO and AFFO.The Dynamics of FFO/AFFO Growth.Internal Growth.How to Build Internal Growth into a Lease.Other Ways to Generate Internal Growth and To Create Shareholder Value.External Growth.More External Growth Avenues.Summary.Chapter 8: Searching for Blue Chips.Investment Styles.Growth REITs.Value or "Turnaround" REITs.Bond-Proxy REITs.The Virtues of Blue-Chip REITs.Access to Capital - and its Benefits.The importance of Allocating Capital Wisely.Summary.Chapter 9: The Quest for Investment Value.The Investor's Dilemma: Buy and Hold Versus Trading.The Buy-and-Hold Strategy.REIT Stock Valuation.Valuing REITs as a Group.Summary.Chapter 10: Building a REIT Portfolio.How Much of a Good Thing Do You Want?…”