...record levels. capital continues to pour into real estate as investors seek higher returns, portfolio diversification, income-oriented investments, capital preservation, steady cash flows, potential capital gains, and opportunities to defer or shelter taxes.

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The money is coming from a range of individual and institutional investors including retirees, baby boomers, Gen-Xers, partnerships, syndicators, pension funds, mutual funds, opportunity funds, public and private Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), foreign investors, corporations, and other investors. They are putting their capital into an array of direct and indirect property investments including vacation or retirement homes, direct property investments, public or private REITs or real estate operating companies, opportunity funds, real estate mutual funds, interests in partnerships, limited liability companies, or subchapter S corporations that own real estate; real estate timeshares, or hotel condominiums. One sign of real estate's popularity is the growth of the private REIT market. Investors put more than $7 billion into shares of private REITs last year, or nearly double the 2002 figure.

Investors are taking advantage of near-term opportunities to acquire real estate while interest rates and financing costs remain relatively low. But they also are investing for the long...

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