STEVE BERGSMAN is a nationally recognized financial and real estate writer. For more than twenty-five years, he has contributed to a range of magazines, newsletters, and wire services, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal Sunday, Financial World, Fortune, Investment Dealers’ Digest, and Reuters News Service. He is also a regular contributor to the "Ground Floor" real estate column in Barron’s, and has written for all of the leading real estate industry publications, including National Real Estate Investor, Real Estate Portfolio, Retail Traffic, Mortgage Banking, and Urban Land.