Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ:IRET)

AygHead (52.54) Submitted: 11/19/2012 2:06:57 PM : Start Price: $7.78 IRET Score: -8.16

Residential REIT's is like buying a utility with an inflation hedge. FFO is a bit rich, yes, but there are forces at work that should keep FFO stable or increasing. For one, the debt market is favorable now and for the forseable future for large real estate investors. Second, despite the supposed pending residentail housing boom that is running through the media, an increase in either property tax or income tax - or both - will give people pause to purchasing a new home. In essence, the rental market will remain strong and this market is already tight in many markets. In addition to these macro condition, many of these residentail REITs own properties in the prime / desirable locations of CBD's, where the population continues to migrate....Manhattan, LA, Denver, DC etc. In these areas, if you want commutability, you are more likely forced to live in a rental apartment/complex than a single family home.

In summary, market should be supportive to rental rates, low cost of financing, scarcity of product in prime locations, and real estate as an inflation hedge all bode well for the long term benefit of incorporating residential REITs into your portfolio....with a nice dividend to boot.

WmHilger1 (86.03) Submitted: 9/13/2011 7:58:39 PM : Start Price: $7.12 IRET Score: -22.90

I like the locations of the properties owned by this company, in the upper midwest where the employment rate has remained relatively low and is slowly decreasing. In fact, many of the states served by IRET are now actually INCREASING their populations --- much better than the DECREASING populations of some sun-belt, rust belt, and east coast states.

Timbofittz88 (68.42) Submitted: 4/27/2010 12:41:31 PM : Start Price: $6.47 IRET Score: -12.48

we'll see

Beebzer (97.21) Submitted: 10/17/2009 3:31:31 AM : Start Price: $6.74 IRET Score: -23.11

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