Commercial real estate investing continues to be fraught with volatility and uncertainty in the US market as participants search for stability. One fund manager summed up the current state of the market by saying that "all the money is in trophies and trash."

This is especially true in the area of apartment properties, but more broadly speaking there is plenty of money continuing to flow into areas where investors feel there may be a solid foundation they can build upon. For example, properties that define the "trophy" standard would be Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington or Fifth Avenue in New York City. However, there are also "trash" properties which are in a distressed situation, and they could also be defined as stable because prices have hit rock bottom. Apartment properties represent a third area that is attractive to investors in this market as population and demographic trends are favoring this property type.

Real estate investors in the US are snapping up new homes for sale at a rapid pace, despite the fact that the housing market shows no signs of life yet. It is likely that without this support, property values would be in even worse shape then they are today.

Investors make up less than 20% of all home buyers, but in recent months they've been quietly accumulating about 35% of all homes sold each month. These investors are expected to become three times more active than typical buyers of the next two years as well, based on survey data. Today's market climate has made investing in real estate an even more attractive option for a wide variety of little known buyers in communities across the country. Many are typical homeowners who can't or won't sell their home at today's prices, so they opt to rent them out instead until prices improve. Others are taking advantage of low prices to buy second homes or retirement properties as long term investments.

Everyone knows that Warren Buffet is the second richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of $40 billion. But not everyone knows how he made his billions. Buffett is unique among the world's billionaires because he gained his wealth exclusively through investing, instead of starting or owning a single company or having an invention.

So where did he make all his bucks? According to Adam J Davis, you can say that he is a real estate investing wizard because many of his investments are quite real estate dependent. He owns one of the largest real estate brokerages in America, along with building supply businesses.

Davis has been a student of Warren Buffet for many years and he had dug up some very interesting facts, such as how Buffet started his investing business, who were his initial partners, what were his strategies, etc. In this writeup, the guy gives a pretty good picture of who Warren Buffet is and how he amassed his billions.