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(Money Manager) - AMB Property Corporation: This real estate investment trust has a special interest in industry and commercial buildings; this company was founded in 1983 in San Francisco, California as a private company. As a REIT that invests in industrial space rather than residential or retail, this company has a huge amount of global support as well as the shareholders and investors.

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(Money Manager) - American Real Estate Investment Corp: This Company specializes in acquiring apartments and other residential properties; it operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust which means that it does not have to pay income taxes on a large portion of its profits, as it goes straight to the share holders every quarter. This company is based on the East Coast but was founded in Denver Colorado, this company was first a private company and then it later went public. REIT’s where the investment of choice in the 1980’s and 1990’s and became a risky business as 2000 approached, many stock holders and investors put their money elsewhere, in safer investments when the real estate market crashed.

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(Money Manager) - American Residential Investment Trust: This was a residential mortgage company that was first based in Irvine, California. This company was the parent corporation of American Mortgage Network (Am Net) every person who was involved in this business knew everything there was to know about mortgage banking and any other financial service, this was a prerequisite for employment with this company, as the corporation was involved in subprime mortgages and there assets, an extremely risky and highly profitable business, when done the right way.

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(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) - 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) - Commercial Assets INC: This real estate investment trust had specialized in commercial assets such as offices and mobile homes, it was later merged with Asset Investors Corporation, and the two companies joined together and created a new company named American Land Lease which specializes in mobile home communities and assets.

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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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