Landfills: Operations and Opportunities

Spring 2014, Vol. 39, No. 1 Abstract: Landfills are unique properties that present both questions and opportunities for real estate professionals. In this article, the authors emphasize that the better that real estate professionals understand what landfills are and how they work, the better they can help their clients who either have or anticipate business issues… Read more

Watch Your Real Estate Language!

Volume 39, Number 1 Originally Published: Spring 2014 By Jack P. Friedman, Ph.D., CRE; Barry A. Diskin, Ph.D., CRE; and Jack C. Harris, Ph.D. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant.” Dr. Seuss’ elephant character Horton provides speakers with a worthy goal. The same applies to writers. In the English language,… Read more

REVIEW: New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice & Public Housing Policy

Volume 38, Number 3 Published: Winter 2013 Reviewed by Peter C. Burley, CRE Edward Goetz authors a comprehensive history and review of the public housing domain in the United States. His account is, at times, quite penetrating in his analysis of the extent of failures of public housing efforts, at times pedantic in his presentation and,… Read more

Investigating the Effectiveness of Alternative Investment Strategies for REIT Portfolios

Volume 38, Number 3 Published: Winter 2013 By James E. Larsen, Ph.D.; M. Fall Ainina, Ph.D.; Marlena L. Akhbari, Ph.D.; Nicolas Gressis, Ph.D., and Carol Wang, Ph.D. Introduction This article investigates whether real estate investment trust (REIT) investors might be able to enhance their return by pursuing investment timing strategies that have been demonstrated to… Read more

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