This edited volume covers central aspects of real estate investment across several subfields and is aimed at investors, practitioners, and students. It provides a comprehensive explanation of the investment behavior of institutional investors and, building on that, offers detailed overviews of publicly traded vehicles (real estate corporations and REITs) as well as non-publicly traded vehicles (open-ended real estate funds, closed-ended real estate funds, private equity funds). All presented investment products are critically analyzed and evaluated by distinguished and leading experts in the real estate industry for Germany and Austria, enabling the reader to assess potential applications, opportunities, and future challenges with confidence. A focus of the presentation is also on current challenges facing market participants, such as Solvency II.