Article: Views Differ on Real Estate Investment Trusts

By Jeanne B. Pinder

N.Y. Times News Service

Many real estate investment trusts are providing the kind of returns that would catch any investor's attention. But should every investor buy?

One expert who says yes is Gregory J. Whyte, first vice president at Dean Witter Reynolds, a leader in real estate investment trusts, which are a kind of mutual fund that buys real estate or mortgages, converts them into securities and passes any profit on to investors.

"These are great investments for individual investors," Whyte said. "I'm called every day by people asking, `What should I buy for widows and orphans?' My response is, `Don't buy one, buy two or three _ diversify.' But I do think you ...

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