Patent ID: 7822668

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for diversifying risks in directly owned real estate assets, the method comprising: identifying a composite portfolio that comprises (i) at least one directly owned real estate asset and (ii) variable assets that are more liquid than the at least one directly owned real estate asset; and calculating, by a computer, an allocation of the variable assets in the composite portfolio that diversifies risks associated with the at least one directly owned real estate asset in the composite portfolio, said calculating comprising: treating the at least one directly owned real estate asset in the composite portfolio as a non-variable asset, calculating a risk profile for the non-variable asset based on data relating to value of the directly owned real estate asset; calculating a plurality of mixes of the variable assets that have risk profiles that complement the risk profile of the non-variable asset; and selecting, as said allocation that diversifies risks associated with the at least one directly owned real estate asset, one mix of the variable assets among said plurality that provides at least one of greater expected returns for the composite portfolio and lesser risks for the composite portfolio compared to other mixes of variable assets in said plurality, wherein the risks for the composite portfolio correspond to a statistical characterization of the returns for the composite portfolio over a plurality of discrete time periods, and wherein the risks for the composite portfolio depend upon risks associated with the variable and non-variable assets in the composite portfolio and a mutual correlation of the risks associated with the variable and non-variable assets; and wherein the expected returns for the composite portfolio correspond to a combination of capital gains and ongoing income that each asset in the composite portfolio is projected to generate, expressed as an average value over a range of time periods.