Real Estate Rules

The incisive guide of how to effectively invest in real estate and REITs

In Real Estate Rules: The Investor's Guide to Picking Winners, Avoiding Losers in Listed Property, celebrated real estate investor Harm Meijer delivers a startlingly insightful and eye-opening roadmap to successful property investment. This book explains the golden rules of investing in European real estate companies, including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). It's full of real-world examples and anecdotes drawn from the author's long and storied career in the industry.

Real Estate Rules contains:

• Robust tools for making informed investment decisions and staying clear of the "vicious downward spiral of doom"
• Understanding market cycles and mastering the art of acting contrarian during downturns to maximize your investment
• How macro drivers, central bank moves and government stimuli can be game changers for real estate markets
• Techniques for assessing the management's value creation and its alignment with shareholders
• Insights to ensure a solid capital structure and avoid leverage traps in downturns
• Advice on how to navigate the European stock markets with its unique challenges for Real Estate Investment Trusts
• Real-world case studies illustrating these principles in action, highlighting key lessons for investors

You'll also learn why acting on conviction, thorough research, strong relationships, and most importantly, trust are key to achieving lasting success.

Perfect for Real Estate Investment Trust investors, people interested in investing directly in individual properties, and other market participants, Real Estate Rules is also a must-read for anyone involved in the real estate industry looking for an insightful investor perspective on the sector.

HARM MEIJER is a Founding Partner of the real estate fund manager ICAMAP, with a strong track record in listed real estate. Before ICAMAP, he worked as a real estate analyst at ­JP Morgan, during which time he was ranked number one six times by Institutional Investor and five times by Extel. He has also held board memberships, contributed to EPRA, and is a frequent industry speaker.