U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto's dismissal of a class action lawsuit against David Lerner Associates Inc. earlier this week was a major victory for the Long Island-based financial adviser writes Andrew Osterland in an April 5th., 2013, article for InvestmentNews.com. “Plaintiffs' belabored Complaint appears only to confirm that the Apple REITs are currently functioning in […]

Recently, InvestmentNews.com did an analysis of eight of the largest nontraded real estate investment trusts (REITs). They found that these REITs have lost $11.3 billion, or 37% of their equity value, over the past seven years. On August 14th., CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc., which initially raised $2.7 billion at $10 a share, became the latest […]