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Brad Thomas is Senior Research Analyst at iREIT and CEO of Wide Moat Research LLC. With over 30 years of real estate exp... Read More

Brad Thomas is Senior Research Analyst at iREIT and CEO of Wide Moat Research LLC. With over 30 years of real estate experience, he is also Editor of Forbes Real Estate Investor, a monthly subscription-based newsletter that dives deep into the vast world of profitable properties.

Thomas has also been featured on or in Forbes magazine, Kiplinger's, U.S. News & World Report, Money, NPR, Institutional Investor, GlobeStreet, CNN, Newsmax, and Fox. And he was the #1 contributing analyst on Seeking Alpha in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 based on both page views and number of followers.

Thomas co-authored The Intelligent REIT Investor and is the author of The Trump Factor: Unlocking The Secrets Behind The Trump Empire (available on Amazon).He is also in the process of writing a new book that will be published Fall 2020.

Thomas received a bachelor of science in business/economics from Presbyterian College and is married with five wonderful kids Less

Adam Galas is a retired Army Medical Services Officer with an economics degree from the University of Minnesota who comb... Read More

Adam Galas is a retired Army Medical Services Officer with an economics degree from the University of Minnesota who combines his 23 years of investing experience with a disciplined application of time-tested methods. Adam is holding or has held positions as a professional analyst at The Motley Fool, Seeking Alpha, and Simply Safe Dividends. His work has also appeared on thestreet.com, Forbes and Stocknews.com.

Due to his love of Buffett-style investing in safe, undervalued, dividend growth stocks, Tipranks recently ranked him Americas 43rd best analyst. And he is the second-most followed writer on Seeking Alpha, where as he is also a co-founder of Dividend Kings.

Thanks to a love of Buffett-style investing in safe, undervalued, dividend growth stocks, he was recently ranked the 43rd best analyst in the country by Tipranks and is the second-most followed writer on Seeking Alpha. Less

Investing With Confidence is the moniker of a British university professor with 20 years of investing experience. Most o... Read More

Investing With Confidence is the moniker of a British university professor with 20 years of investing experience. Most of that time has revolved around capital growth aims, with dividend income being his secondary goal. However, in April 2020, IWC sold all his conventional growth stocks and switched wholeheartedly into value investing in full recognition of the opportunities to be had there.

Currently, he’s contributing to the iREIT team with deep-dive analyses of individual companies, especially when they offer preferred shares. Above all, he promotes wise investments that produce reliable, consistent wealth for decades to come. Less

Nicholas Ward is a research analyst who currently writes for Seeking Alpha, The Dividend Kings, iREIT, and Forbes Real E... Read More

Nicholas Ward is a research analyst who currently writes for Seeking Alpha, The Dividend Kings, iREIT, and Forbes Real Estate Investor. Before that, he was Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Dividend Growth Club, as well as the Income Minded Millennial. Nicholas has also contributed to Sure Dividend, Investing Daily, and The Street, where he covered stocks in Jim Cramer’s Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio.

Nicholas holds a bachelor of arts from The University of Virginia, where he studied English and studio art. Prior to transitioning into the financial industry, he managed a vineyard in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Less

David Auerbach has been in the securities business for over 20 years as an institutional trader who specializes in REITs... Read More

David Auerbach has been in the securities business for over 20 years as an institutional trader who specializes in REITs, equity and preferred stocks, MLPs, ETFs, and closed-end funds. Now part of World Equity Group, his former positions include working for Esposito Securities, Green Street Advisors as Vice President of Institutional Trading, and Financial Marketplace as a retail investment advisor.

David graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1999 with a BBA in finance and then from Southern Methodist University in May 2005 with an MBA in the same. He currently holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 55, and 63 registrations. Less

Alex Pettee, CFA, is the founder and president of Hoya Capital Real Estate, an SEC-registered investment advisor working... Read More

Alex Pettee, CFA, is the founder and president of Hoya Capital Real Estate, an SEC-registered investment advisor working to make real estate investing more accessible for all. Originally conceived as part of a capstone master's thesis at Georgetown, Hoya advises ETFs and individual accounts alike by investing in portfolios of publicly traded commercial and residential real estate companies.

A dual-degree holder and two-sport athlete at Georgetown, Alex studied both finance and real estate at the McDonough School of Business and went on to earn the title of CFA charterholder as well.

A dual-degree holder and two-sport athlete at Georgetown, Alex played baseball and track for the Hoyas, and studied Finance and Real Estate at the McDonough School of Business. A CFA charterholder, Alex remains head of ETFs for Hoya Capital Real Estate. Less

Williams Equity Research is led by two portfolio managers with a combined 30 years’ experience as hedge fund analysts,... Read More

Williams Equity Research is led by two portfolio managers with a combined 30 years’ experience as hedge fund analysts, traders, and due diligence officers. They’re also leading complex and alternative investment researchers for large institutions. Their Seeking Alpha service, Institutional Income Plus, applies quality risk management to REITs, BDCs, dividend stocks, and closed-end and interval funds.
Together, WER holds a CFA, BS in business, BA in economics, and MS in engineering, along with numerous security licenses. It analyzes a multitude of stocks, but concentrates in income, commodities, international stocks, and special situations. Less