From the Back Cover:
This book presents the essential concepts, principles, and tools for the analysis of commercial real estate from an investment perspective—integrating relevant aspects of urban and financial economics. It bridges the gap between mainstream finance and the current cutting edge of professional real estate practice with a look at asset market inefficiency and illiquidity, after-tax analysis for various types of investors, tax-exempt institutions, and private investment. Other chapter topics include periodic returns measurement, risk analysis, asset valuation, investment analysis, leverage, capital structure, portfolio theory, and option valuation theory. For individuals aware of the importance of real estate, and interested in its financial economic aspects.
About the Author:
David Geltner is a professor at MIT where he is also Director of the Real Estate Center. He received his Ph.D. in 1989 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a Professor of Real Estate at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 through Spring, 2002. He specializes in the areas of real estate investments, urban economics, and the financial economics of the real estate industry. He has published extensively in leading academic journals, including Real Estate Economics (formerly The AREUEA Journal), The Journal of Urban Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Research, The Journal of Housing Economics, and The Journal of Property Research, among others. He serves on the editorial boards of the three leading US academic real estate journals (Real Estate Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and The Journal of Real Estate Research) and of the leading British journal (The Journal of Property Research). He is a co-managing editor of a leading real estate research journal, Real Estate Economics for AREUEA. He serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Real Estate Research Institute, a research promotion and funding agency sponsored by the leading real estate investment firms. Dr. Geltner has consulted for leading real estate investment advisory firms including serving on the Board of Ohio based STRS.
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