From time to time I contribute to business publications on topics concerning real estate investors.  In October I wrote a piece on Ethics and Real Estate Investors that appeared in the Houston Business journal.  Until today it was available only to Business Journal subscribers, but it is now available to the general public. 

In the piece I discuss ethics from three different perspectives: the community, the tenant, and the investor. 

I'm sure that you've noticed by now that real estate can be a sleazy business.  But the good news is that the adage about nice guys finishing last isn’t true; good ethics is good business.  Ethical investors avoid costly legal entanglements, build positive relationships, mitigate risk, and in the end invest more profitably.