(Money Manager) - Starwood Lodging Trust: The largest hotel investment trust in the USA and perhaps the world. This company has some of the largest numbers in the hotel business, Starwood lodging trust owns most big hotel brands in North America such as Westin, Sheraton and The Four Points among a few. This stock has been the pride of the hotel investment trust for years. Although with the recession Starwood Lodging Trust has seen a drop in investors and stock prices as well, but as occupancy numbers grow so will the stock prices and the company’s net worth.

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(Money Manager) - Urban Shopping Center: This Company was a real estate investment trust that was founded in Chicago, Illinois it was a very large REIT and catered to the needs of retail centers and shopping malls all over the country. The company did most of its business through 1968-2000 where it made hundreds of acquisitions and developments; the company was still based in Chicago where it held the bulk of its properties and developments

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(Money Manager) - Sunstone Hotel Investors INC: This is a real estate investment company that invests and manages hotels around the country; This Company manages high end hotels such as The Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Starwood and Fairmount. The main objective of this real estate investing trust is to buy and invest in hotels that are under an already recognized name and add them to their own portfolio.

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(Money Manager) - Tri Net Corporate Realty Trust INC: This was once a billion dollar real estate investing company specializing in industrial properties in the USA, with an interest in both warehouses and office spaces that were rented out to global organizations and credit worthy tenants. In 1998 the companies’ rental income was 95% of Tri Net Corporate Realty Trust total income while interest income sat at a very low 2%

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