Real Estate

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  ‘We Aren’t Buying First Allied to Run It’: RCAP CEO

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 13, 2013

  RCAP, led by Nicholas Schorsch, and other real estate investors are diversifying their portfolios and see the IBD space as a growth business.

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  First Allied’s Surprise Sale to Real-Estate Group Creates ‘Whole New Dynamic’ for BDs

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  Flush with cash, more conglomerates that sell REITs could follow in Realty Capital’s footsteps—perhaps spawning conflicts of interest, Jonathan Henschen says.

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  Will Wall Street Pull the Plug on Real Estate Surge?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 4, 2013

  Bankers have already made a killing on the residential market, but fears of their pulling out, and taking the nascent recovery with them, are overblown.

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  Top 25 Colleges for Best Return on Investment: 2013

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  May 27, 2013

  Out of 1,511 schools studied, these 25 had the greatest payoff for graduates over the course of a 30-year career.

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  5 Indie BDs Ordered to Pay $9.6M for Nontraded REIT Violations

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Massachusetts Securities Regulator William Galvin ordered five IBDs to pay $8.6 million in restitution to investors and fined them a total of $975,000 for improper sales of nontraded REITs.

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  REIT Returns Are on a Roll, but Some ETFs Lag

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  ETFs that track REITs are doing well but aren't keeping pace with the markets as consistently as REIT indexes.

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  4 Hottest Real Estate Markets for Ultrawealthy

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 8, 2013

  The growing number of very wealthy individuals globally is driving demand for ultraprime residential properties in the world’s main financial centers, according to a new report.

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  FINRA: BDs Have a Failure to Communicate on Nontraded REITs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2013

  FINRA warned broker-dealers Friday that they were failing to properly communicate to investors the potential pitfalls of nontraded REITs.

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  What Can Advisors Do in Defense of Freedom and Opposition to Terror?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  AdvisorOne's Gil Weinreich speaks with freedom activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali about the fight for Western freedoms and how advisors can play a role, and the author adds his a post-script about his own brush with terror...

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  Nontraded REITs: Friend or Foe?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2013

  Nontraded REITs may be unsuitable for older investors because of their need for liquidity, but they have their defenders in today's booming real estate market.