Whether you're an institutional investor already active or you're seeking to enter US commercial real estate markets, The Afire Guide to US Real Estate Investing serves as both an invaluable overview and as an evergreen reference that you'll return to again and again. From the Association of Foreign investors in Real Estate (Afire), this new edition has been revised and expanded to bring you fully up to date on the issues and practices institutional investors and managers need to build a solid real estate portfolio. It includes a brand-new Foreword, Introduction, Glossary, and Index, and 35 new or updated chapters divided into four sections: Preparing for Investment into the US covers investment strategy, real estate and tax law, corporate responsibility, industry resources, and professional roles. The Commercial Real Estate Lifecycle explores property due diligence, acquisition, operational management, and disposition of US real estate assets. Finance and Partnerships explains important financial topics, including information for lenders and borrowers, joint ventures, loans and debt, commingled funds, bankruptcy, and Islamic finance. Tax and Regulatory Issues discusses securities laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control, taxation, real estate investment trusts (REITs), estates and gifts, agreements, and litigation. Unlike other real estate guides typically catered to individual investors or finance arcana, The Afire Guide to US Real Estate Investing takes the unique approach of focusing on the dynamics of global capital, business, finance, real estate-and institutional, long-term, multigenerational investment.