Mid-America Apartment

• Buy High Yield REITs to Profit from "The Rental Generation"

  By Jonathan Yates - August 26, 2012 | Tickers: AIV, EXR, MAA, PSA, UDR

  It used the be that "The American Dream" was home ownership. 

  After the crash in the real estate market during The Great Recession, however, emerging from the brick and mortar rubble has been the "The Rental Generation," according to a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek.  Real estate investment trusts ("REIT") positioned to profit from this development will reward investors with both a high dividend income and strong total return.

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• Rental REITs are a Good Choice in a Bad Housing Market

  By Kevin Gill - August 8, 2012 | Tickers: AMTG, AEC, AVB, HME, IVR, MAA, UDR

  If you’re like me and you believe that the market for housing ownership will be noticeably depressed for years to come, than you want to look at rental REITs. REITs (real estate investment trust) can be in slightly different forms. The type to embrace in this market deals exclusively with rental properties. Being a part of a rental REIT allows an investor to make money off of the surge more »