(Money Manager) - PIMCO Commercial Securities Trust: Is a mortgage securities trust, the company invests money and securities into investment grade commercial properties. As of June 1996 the company had investments that totaled over $80 billion dollars, and now in 2010 PIMCO (the total company) has $1236.1 billion dollars in assets, PIMCO Commercial Securities Trust is managed by PIMCO.

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(Money Manager) - Manufactured Home Communities INC: This real estate investment trust is primarily based on mobile home parks; it is actually one of the most successful REITs at the time that it was in business. Manufactured Home Communities INC owned over 69 mobile home communities in 19 states in 1996 making them the largest mobile home REIT in the USA there communities have over 27,356 units leased out to tenants and sold to other real estate companies, Manufactured Home Communities INC was the very largest REIT in the business.

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(Money Manager) - JDN Realty Corp: This Real Estate Investment Trust is based in retail properties and management. This company buys and manages properties that deal in retail sales. As of 2001 the company owned 101 retail shopping centers spread over 20 states, but most of the properties were based in Georgia and the South East part of the Country.

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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) - Franchise Finance Corp of America: This real estate company was established in 1980, and quickly became a well-known player in the franchise finance and the real estate market. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona USA, the company was a single tenant property finance corporation. Meaning that they leased or mortgaged out their real estate properties or commercial buildings to franchises in the food, parts and convenience store industries, creating a huge brand for themselves in the process.

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