(Money Manager) - Answorth: This REIT is based on mortgage assets in the USA, This Company will buy mortgages or loans from government backed agencies such as Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, then adding them to their own portfolio and collecting the interest of each loan. Answorth Mortgage Asset Company was founded in 1997 in Santa Monica, California, Where it is still head quartered to this day.

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(Money Manager) - Apartment Investment and Management: This real estate investment trust specializes in apartment acquisitions; it will also manage and run the apartment complexes and buildings. Apartment Investment and Management was founded in 1975, and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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(Money Manager) - Asset Investors Corp: This is a Real Estate Investment Trust that specializes in prefabricated homes and communities, as well as mobile homes and its communities. It was a fairly new company when it decided to merge with Commercial Assists INC in 2000.

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(Money Manager) - BRE Properties INC: This Company acquires and develops residential apartments and town homes, in the most desirable and most sought after areas on the West Coast. This real estate investment trust was founded in 1970 and has had a strong financial history every since, as well as a very strong occupancy rate.

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(Money Manager) - Capital Trust: This real estate investment company focuses on commercial properties and investments. Capital Trust was founded in 1997 it has been a leader in commercial real estate investments, the company is run by CEO Stephen D Palvin and CFO Geoffrey G Jervis , this leadership team has remained the same since the founding of the company. And although the company is based in Denver CO, it is headquarter in New York City, where it does the majority of its business.

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(Money Manager) - Cousins Properties INC: This Real Estate Investment Trust specializes in office space, creating the perfect balance of equity and liquid cash. The company was founded in 1958 in Atlanta Georgia. The company buys property as well as develops them and manages them making it a multi-talented company.

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(Money Manager) - Essex Property Trust INC: This Company buys properties and develops them, redevelops them and manages them. This real estate trust company was founded in 1971 in California, where it still has most of its real estate holdings. The founder of Essex Property Trust was George M Marcus, who had 35 years of real estate experience before he founded Essex Property Trust INC in 1971, he no longer works with the company.

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(Money Manager) - Excel Realty Trust INC: This real estate investing company specializes in commercial buildings, shopping centers and retail properties and communities. This is a company that will buy a community develop it and lease out the apartments and retail spaces or sell it to make a profit. Excel Realty Trust INC was a publicly traded company until 2003 when it decided to become a private company, and develop its properties on its own accord. This company has seen every aspect of the real estate market; it has stood the test of time and can now call its self one of the nation’s leading REIT’s.

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(Money Manager) - Franklin Select Realty Trust: This Real Estate Investment Trust company had a very diversified portfolio, investing in commercial, industrial and residential properties, The company Franklin Select Realty Trust was known as Franklin Select Real Estate Income Fund until it changed its name years later when it entered the REIT market. This company was founded in 1987 in Southern California, and it soon grew to be a multimillion dollar company.

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(Money Manager) - Glenborough Realty Trust: This Company was a multimillion dollar commercial real estate investor, owning properties in many states, with the majority of their properties in California and the West coast. Glenborough Realty Trust had been in business for over 3 decades, creating a business name that is reliable and stable to investors and shareholders. Glenborough Realty Trust was founded in South California in 1994 as a public company, rather than the private company it started out as.

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