G. Stacy Sirmans, PhD, is the Kenneth G. Bacheller professor of Real Estate at Florida State University and research director of the FSU Center for Real Estate Education and Research. He is the co-author of Real Estate Finance Theory and Practice and Learning Real Estate Finance. He has also had faculty appointments at Emory University and Clemson University and served as a visiting scholar to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington, D.C. Back to the Debate Room.