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An introduction to real estate investments: legal concepts -- Financing: notes and mortgages -- The interest factor in financing -- Fixed rate mortgage loans -- Adjustable rate and vaiable payment mortgages -- Appendix: Graduated payment mortgages-extensions -- Residential financial analysis -- Appendix: After-tax effective interest rate -- Single family housing: pricing, investment, and tax considerations -- Underwriting and financing residential properties -- Introduction to income-producing properties: leases and the market for space -- Valuation of income properties: appraisal and the market for capital -- Investment analysis and taxation of income properties -- Financial leverage and financing alternatives -- Risk analysis -- Disposition and renovation of income properties -- Financing corporate real estate -- Financing project development -- FInancing land development projects -- Partnerships, joint ventures, and syndications -- The secondary mortgage market: pass-through securities -- The secondary mortgage market: CMOs and derivative securites -- Appendix: Duration- an additional consideration in yield measurement -- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) -- Real estate investment performance and portfolio considerations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.