Purpose – Aims to explain the rationale for producing an issue on the topic of real estate investing and how these articles fit together. Design/methodology/approach – Essay format. Findings – Real estate is probably the largest category of assets for investors and the works in this issue...

Purpose – Aims to test to determine whether the selection of the historical return time interval (monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual) used for calculating real estate investment trust (REIT) returns has a significant effect on optimal portfolio allocations. Design/methodology/approach...