Opal is in a unique position to offer investors enhanced opportunities through Opal's own market research, property management, asset management and real estate development capabilities. Opal identifies outstanding real estate opportunities for our investors through extensive research. Opal professionals provide the best-informed solutions for our partners? needs by tracking and interpreting market forces and economic trends. Our research allows us to maximize investor returns while minimizing exposure to risk factors. Opal's research-driven investment strategy remains focused on our partners' objective, building wealth. Opal professionals execute strategic business plans for each property acquired to increase cash flow. Upon acquisition, Opal focuses attention on the structure of leases, tenant retention and prudent use of capital improvements to attain long-term value maximization for our investors. Opal investors are kept informed about property performance every step of the way. Opal's "O" system is a real-time, server-based, portfolio management system that allows remote access for investors to view and retrieve financial information for their vested properties. "O" allows investors to have on-line access to financial data of their investments from anywhere at anytime.