The intelligent REIT investor : how to build wealth with real estate trusts / Stephanie Krewson-Kelly and R. Brad Thomas ; foreword, Martin Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krewson-Kelly, Stephanie, author.

Thomas, Brad, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Cohen, Martin, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Real estate investment trusts.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.

Summary:

The go-to guide for smart REIT investing The Intelligent REIT Investor is the definitive guide to real estate investment trusts, providing a clear, concise resource for individual investors, financial planners, and analysts--anyone who prioritizes dividend income and risk management as major components to wealth-building. The REIT industry experienced a watershed event when Standard & Poors created a new Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector called Real Estate . Publicly traded equity REITs have been removed from Financials , where they have been classified since their creation in 1960, and have begun trading as their own S&P Sector. This separation from banks and financial institutions has attracted new investors, but REITs require an industry-specific knowledge that is neither intuitive nor readily accessible to newcomers--until now. Using straightforward language and simple example to illustrate important concepts, this book will enable any reader to quickly learn and understand the lexicon and valuation techniques used in REIT investing, providing a wealth of practical resources that streamline the learning process. The discussion explains terminology, metrics, and other key points, while examples illustrate the calculations used to evaluate opportunities. A comprehensive list of publicly-traded REITs provides key reference, giving you access to an important resource most investors and stockbrokers lack. REITs are companies that own or finance commercial rental properties, such as malls and apartment buildings. Despite historically high total returns relative to other investments, such as the Nasdaq or S&P 500 index, most investors are unfamiliar with the REIT industry, and wary of investing without adequate background. This book gets you up to speed on the essentials of REIT investing so you can make more informed--and profitable--decisions. Understand REITs processes, mechanisms, and industry Calculate key metrics to identify suitable companies Access historical performance tables and industry-specific terminology Identify publicly-traded REITs quickly and easily REITs have consistently outperformed many more widely known investments. Over the past 15-year period, for example, REITs returned an average of 11% per year, better than all other asset classes. Since 2009, REITs have enjoyed positive returns; large cap stocks and cash are the only other classes that paralleled that record. Even in 2015, a 'year of fear' related to rising rates, REITs returned 2.4%, beating most all other asset classes. REITs have a long history (over fifty years) of performance, and have entered the big leagues. If you feel like you've been missing out, don't keep missing out. Prepare yourself, and your portfolio, to benefit from the demand for REITs that have followed the creation of a Real Estate GICS sector. The Intelligent REIT Investor gives you the information you need to invest wisely and manage your real estate risk effectively. By maintaining a tactical exposure in the brick and mortar asset class, investors should benefit from the information contained in The Intelligent REIT Investor. Join the REIT world and look forward to owning stocks that will help you to sleep well at night.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part I An Introduction to REITs; Chapter 1 What Is a REIT?; Size of the REIT Industry; Categories of REITs; Equity REITs; Mortgage REITs; Classification by Property Type; Size and Index Inclusion; Geographic Focus; Growth Strategy; Where to Find Information on REITs; FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index; Company-Specific Websites; Indexes for Tracking REIT Performance; Exchange-Traded Funds for Investing in REITs; Chapter 2 Why Invest in REITs?; Double-Digit Total Returns; Dividends; Liquidity

Portfolio DiversificationHedge Against Inflation; Transparent Corporate Structures; Chapter 3 REIT Dividends; Rockland REIT; REIT Yields; Are REIT Yields Safe?; Quantifying Dividend Safety; Dividend/FFO Payout Ratio; Debt Ultimately Determines Dividend Safety; Debt-to-Total Market Capitalization Ratio; Debt-to-Gross Book Value Ratio; Legal Standing of Leases Supports Dividend Safety; REIT Dividends and Taxation; REITs Do Not Pay Out All of Their Cash in Dividends; The Components of a REIT's Common Dividend; REIT Dividends and the Bush Tax Cuts; Preferred Stock Dividends

Preferred Stock BasicsRisks to Owning Preferred Shares; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Leases; Lease Terminology; The Four Major Types of Leases; Leases and Tenant Bankruptcy; FASB and the New Standard for Accounting for Leases; Lease Duration and REIT Stock Price Performance; Chapter 5 REITs by Property Type; Diversified and Specialized REITs; REITs that use Triple-Net-Leases; Risks and Rewards of REITs That Use Triple-Net Leases; Health-Care REITs; Risks and Rewards of Health-care REITs; Industrial REITs; Risks and Rewards of Industrial REITs; Lease Terms; Lodging/Resort REITs; Hotel Revenue

Hotel ExpensesTechnical Aspects Specific to Hotel REITs; Risks and Rewards of Hotel REITs; Mortgage REITs; Risks and Rewards of Mortgage REITs; Office REITs; Lease Terms; Risks and Rewards of Office REITs; Residential REITs; Apartment REITs; Manufactured Housing REITs; Single-Family-Home REITs; Retail REITs; Shopping Center REITs; Mall REITs; Freestanding Retail REITs; Risks and Rewards of Retail REITs; Self-Storage REITs; Risks and Rewards of Self-Storage REITs; Conclusion; Part II Investing in REITs; Chapter 6 Getting Technical; REIT Structures; UPREITs; OP Units

OP Units and Estate PlanningDownREITs; Publicly Traded, Public Nonlisted, and Private REITs; Volatility versus Liquidity; Transparency and Corporate Governance; Costs and Fees; Externally Advised and Externally Managed REITs; Qualifying as a REIT; REITs Are Not Limited Partnerships; Chapter 7 REIT Performance; Historical Total Returns; Factors Influencing Demand for REIT Shares; Events That Increased Demand for REIT Shares; REITs versus the Attractiveness of Other Investments (Lessons from History); Growth Stocks versus REITs, 1998-1999; Treasury Yield versus REITs, 2004-2006

Safety and Yield, and the Big League of Benchmarks, 2000-2006

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-25276-8

1-119-25274-1

1-119-25273-3

OCLC:

957127990