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1. THE WORLD’S LARGEST REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
(REITS)

2. REAL ESTATE CAN
BE HEAVILY
INFLUENCED BY
OVERARCHING
TRENDS FOUND
AROUND THE
WORLD.

3. Ponder This
- ROBERT ARNOTT
In investing, what
is comfortable is
rarely profitable.

4. ONE OF THESE IS
POPULATION GROWTH AND
URBANIZATION, WHICH
HAS DRASTICALLY PUSHED
UP THE COST OF HOUSING
IN MANY CITIES AROUND
THE WORLD.

5. ONE OF THESE IS
PURCHASING SHARES
IN A REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT TRUST
(REIT), A TYPE OF
COMPANY THAT OWNS
AND OPERATES
INCOME-PRODUCING
REAL ESTATE, AND IS
MOST OFTEN PUBLICLY
TRADED.