Includes index.

Contents: Part 1: Overview of real estate finance and investments: 1. Real estates investment: Basic legal concepts -- 2. Real estates financing: notes and mortgages -- Part 2: Mortgage loans: 3. Mortgage loan foundations: the time value of money -- 4. Fixed interest rate mortgage loans -- 5. Adjustable and floating rate mortgage loans -- 6. Mortgages: additional concepts, analysis, and applications -- Part 3: Residential housing: 7. Single family housing: pricing, investment, and tax considerations -- 8. Underwriting and financing residential properties -- Part 4: Income-producing properties: 9. Income-properties: leases, rents, and the market space -- 10. Valuation of income properties: appraisal and the market for capital -- 11. Investment analysis and taxation of income properties -- 12. Financial leverage and financing alternatives -- 13. Risk analysis -- 14. Disposition and renovation of income properties -- 15. Financing corporate real estate -- Part 5: Financing real estate development: 16. Financial project development -- 17. Financial land development projects -- Part 6: Alternative real estate financing and investment vechicles: 18: Structuring real estate investments: organizational forms and joint ventures -- 19. The secondary mortgage market: pass-through securities -- 20. The secondary mortgage market: CMOs and derivative securities -- 21. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) -- 22. Real estate investment performance and portfolio considerations.