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When I heard about Apartment Real Estate Investment Trusts, I thought this could be possibly a good investment option for my family. More people are losing their houses, therefore there are more people who are looking for a rent. Those who have been waiting for buying a house step back further and are going to wait more. Some of them might think this is a good time to buy a small rental property, probably a 4 or lesser unit apartment. But a major amount of money is still needed for down payment. There is always maintenance to be done and prospective rental property owners don't look forward to this. Apartment Real Estate Investment Trusts could be a good solution for those who don't have quite that much down payment or those who don't want to get involved into daily apartment maintenance. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are stocks of publiy-traded companies that own and manage rental properties. According to the National Multi Housing Council, these days vacancy rates are going down and monthly rental rates are up. Not surprising. While the major stock indexes are swinging widely back and forth, it is said that some REIT funds have been scoring better ...

A short sale occurs when the owner's outstanding loans against the property are bigger than the market price of the property. That is, the lender agrees to accept with the price that the property can be sold for even if it's lower than the outstanding loans. With short sales, both homeowners and lenders can avoid lengthy foreclosure proceeds. In short sales, the decision maker is the lender, not the seller. So even though the seller accepts the buyer's offer, the deal may not be made when the lender doesn't accept it. This can be one of the annoying things about buying a short sale property.