Real estate trusts are the earliest and typical forms of real estate finance, and real estate investment trusts (REITs) (fund) are widespread in Western countries' real estate trust industry.

房地产信托是房地产金融业务的最早形式和典型形式，房地产信托投资(基金)是当代西方国家房地产信托业务的普遍形态。

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Bias, after his release from prison, had formed a five-state network of salesmen to find investors to fund restaurant REITs managed by the shell company he had created--FIIK. He also controlled Richmond Energy in Houston, which owned a chain of Mexican restaurants.

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More recently, all four publicly traded data-center REITs took a tumble after hedge-fund manager Jonathon Jacobson, founder of Highfields Capital Management, raised questions earlier this month about how Digital Realty accounts for certain capital expenditures, while warning of rising competition.

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"Some REITs have high yields for a reason, " says mutual fund manager Andrew Davis--the payouts are vulnerable.

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