Individuals who suffered significant REIT losses in Wells Timberland REIT and Wells REIT II could recover their losses through securities arbitration. In the latter part of 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined an affiliate of Wells Real Estate Funds, Wells Investment Securities Incorporated, for the use of misleading marketing materials. The $300,000 fine was…
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Many investors are seeking avenues for recovery of REIT losses sustained in Behringer Harvard REIT I. This is only one of the Behringer Harvard REIT investments currently under investigation by stock fraud lawyers. Retired investors in particular have suffered unnecessary losses due to the unsuitability of this investment. Recently Behringer Harvard itself discovered it was…
Continue reading ›Many investors are exploring the possibility of recovering their Dividend Capital REIT losses through securities arbitration. Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. is, according to its Securities and Exchange Commission filing, a Maryland corporation, formed on April 11, 2005, and located in Denver, Colorado. Its goal is to invest in a portfolio of real estate-related…
Continue reading ›Many investors have suffered significant REIT losses as a result of their investment in the Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I. The investment’s $10 per share offering price in 2009 fell significantly to an approximate value of $4.12 per share at the end of last year, representing a 58 percent loss. This figure includes the 46…
Continue reading ›Stock fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who have experienced significant losses as a result of their investment in Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I. “With an unlisted REIT, it’s generally understood that distributions must be paid to investors before assets are acquired, and therefore, before operating income covers distributions,” says Robert…
Continue reading ›Earlier in October, another claim was filed in an effort to help investors recover REIT losses. This claim was against LPL Financial and its goal is to recover losses sustained in Retail Properties of America, formerly known as Inland Western Real Estate Investment Trust. This claim, which was filed with FINRA, also involves eight other…
Continue reading ›Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of their investment in a Domin-8 private placement. Domin-8 is a provider of “advanced enterprise software applications and related services to the U.S. multi-family housing property management industry” based out of Ohio, according to its filing with…
Continue reading ›Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who have suffered significant losses as a result of their investment in a Geneva Organization tenant-in-common, or TIC. A real estate investment company founded by Duane Lund in 2003, the Geneva Organization specializes in pooling individual investors into larger groups to buy commercial real…
Continue reading ›Stock fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of their investment in a Layton Energy Wharton LP product. As a Texas-based energy company, Layton Energy Wharton offers various private placements, one of which is Layton Energy Wharton LP. Launched in 2007, this investment’s aim was…
Continue reading ›Investment fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of the customers of First Midwest Securities Inc. and Scott & Stringfellow LLC in light of recent fines and censures by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Both firms were censured; in addition, First Midwest Securities was fined $75,000 and Scott & Stringfellow was fined $350,000. Both…
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