1491 - First it's bad earnings reports. Then questionable news on inflation. Regardless of the effects investors wish these tidbits would have on the financial markets, a single word of poor news seems to be sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average and, especially, the Nasdaq into a tailspin. But not so for real estate stocks, which continue to prove their mettle in trying financial times. In particular, the lodging and resorts segment of the market has turned in excellent performance, both on Main Street and Wall Street. So far this year, stocks for lodging and resort firms are up more than 9 percent. That's consistent with last year's performance, which saw lodging issues up more than 50 percent at a time when most other market indices were going down the tubes. So what's behind this run-up? Two simple and irrefutable factors. First, these stocks were undervalued at the beginning of last year. And secondly, continued excelled quarterly results almost consistently across the board have prompted prices of lodging stocks to rise accordingly. Case in point: John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (AMEX: JQH) last week announced fourth quarter earnings up 7 percent over fourth quarter results the previous year. Read this Nemmar Real Estate Training article at Tenants, Landlords, Multifamily, Commercial