Sabra Health Care REIT doesn't mind a little healthy competition in the real estate sector. The company, which plans to qualify as a health care real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning in 2011, owns and seeks to acquire health care properties throughout the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 80 skilled nursing centers, as well as several assisted and independent living centers and mental health centers. The facilities house about 10,000 beds and are located in 21 states. Substantially all of the properties are leased to and operated by subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, which spun off its real estate assets to form Sabra Health Care REIT in 2010.

Origen Financial, Inc. is an internally-managed and internally advised company specializing in the manufactured housing finance business that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"). Although no longer originating or servicing loans, we continue to manage an existing portfolio of approximately $1 billion of manufactured housing loans and asset backed securities. These loans were originated in the highest credit quality sectors of the manufactured housing finance industry using our proprietary credit scoring system and fully documented underwriting information. Loan performance to date has resulted in lower than average default and delinquency rates and higher than average recovery rates compared to the manufactured housing industry as a whole. Despite the recent turmoil in the housing markets, our portfolio continues to perform well.

The Lightstone Group's continued growth is fueled by a passion to achieve excellence in every endeavor. While its growth has been extraordinary, the cornerstone principles of The Lightstone Group have changed very little since its inception. The company is committed to preserving its entrepreneurial culture, to conducting business with unyielding integrity and to making a positive difference in every community in which it invests.

RealtiCorp is a commercial real estate development firm serving real estate investment trusts (REITs), residential and commercial developers, and commercial users. Its core business is land investment, and the firm has procured sites for retail, medical, commercial, industrial, and residential (single- and multi-family) properties. It primarily operates in the Southeast but has begun branching out into markets nationwide. The company performs land research and market analysis to locate potential investments; it also invests in larger land tracts for development and resale to multiple users. RealtiCorp was founded in 1996.

DP Partners may have something in store for your company. DP Partners (a unit of commercial real estate firm Dermody Properties) specializes in developing and managing storage, distribution, and other industrial properties throughout the US. It maintains of portfolio of more than 25 million sq. ft. of space in about a dozen properties. DP Partners markets its master-planned industrial parks under the names LogistiCenter, LogistiCourt, and LogistiPort. The company tends to partner with other investors (notably California State Teachers Retirement System, or CalSTRS) on projects, allowing it to expand into new regions.

CYS is a specialty finance company that was created with the objective of achieving consistent risk-adjusted investment income. We seek to achieve this objective by investing on a leveraged basis in residential mortgage pass-through securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, or the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, and collateralized by single-family residential mortgage loans. We refer to these securities as Agency RMBS. We have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes.Our Chief Executive Officer and President, Kevin E. Grant, was a senior portfolio manager and member of the Aggregate Bond Team at Fidelity Investments, where he managed fixed income assets including the Mortgage Securities Fund, the Investment Grade Bond Fund, the Total Bond Fund, the fixed income portion of the Fidelity Puritan Fund and the Strategic Income Fund. Our investment team averages over 20 years’ experience in the fields of MBS, structured finance, and corporate finance. Our portfolio managers have experience managing assets through the various interest rate and credit cycles since the early 1980s, and have the proven ability to generate risk-adjusted investment income in these environments. The Company was founded in January 2006, and is managed by Cypress Sharpridge Advisors LLC, a joint venture between Cypress CSI Advisors LLC, a sponsor of private equity funds and leveraged buyouts of U.S. companies, and Sharpridge Capital Management, L.P., a specialist fixed income asset management company founded by Kevin E. Grant, our Chief Executive Officer.

West Bromwich Building Society teetered on the brink of collapse in 2009 before it struck a debt-for-equity deal with creditors. The West Brom also made workforce cuts and pulled the plug on pension benefits in order to cut costs. The society is looking into a number of corporate changes, including a possible headquarters move, name change, and/or expansion into Birmingham.One of the 10 largest building societies in the UK, West Bromwich Building Society (aka the West Brom) has about 50 branches in the West Midlands region of England. It provides home mortgages and a variety of savings products (including ISAs. Struggling under the weight of bad subprime, buy-to-let, and commercial property loans.

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. acquires, develops, and owns residential and commercial real estate properties through acquisitions, leases, and partnerships in the United States. The company leases apartment units to residents; leases office, industrial, and retail space to various for-profit businesses, as well as to local, state, and federal agencies; and leases trade show and exhibit space to temporary, as well as long-term tenants. In addition, its real estate properties consist of commercial properties, including office buildings, industrial warehouses, and shopping centers; apartments; and new properties, such as apartment homes. Further, the company invests in unimproved land and apartment development and construction, and mortgage loans on real estate, including first, and wraparound and junior mortgage loans. Additionally, it originates its mortgage loans, and acquires existing mortgage notes directly from builders, developers, and property owners, as well as through mortgage banking firms, commercial banks, and other qualified brokers. As of September 30, 2008, its properties consisted of 29 commercial buildings, including 20 office buildings, 5 commercial warehouses, and 4 retail centers; 51 apartment communities; and 7,425 acres of developed and undeveloped land. The company was founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. is a subsidiary of American Realty Investors, Inc.

Lea Associates, Inc., provides professional consulting and advisory services in real estate. Our services are diverse, but our most requested services are in appraisal, real estate decision-making support, tax impact analysis and expert testimony. Organized in 1976, Lea Associates is owned by the professionals who work here. We are one of the largest independent firms doing this kind of work in California. In fact, we have ranked among the top ten firms in our field in Los Angeles County.

CAPREIT restructured to qualify as a real estate investment trust under Canadian tax laws at the end of 2010. Apart from apartments, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust doesn't have much on its mind. Known as CAPREIT, the company invests in multi-family real estate. Its portfolio contains some 28,000 residential units in apartment buildings and townhouse complexes in urban areas across the country. As part of its diversified strategy, CAPREIT's properties vary from affordable housing to luxury suites. Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust also owns two Ontario adult lifestyle communities with more than 1,200 land lease sites.

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