American Realty Investors, Inc. (ARL) is a Nevada corporation that owns and operates income-producing real estate, primarily multifamily apartment communities and commercial properties (mainly office), concentrated in secondary markets across the Southern United States. The company is externally advised and managed, with day-to-day investment, financing and asset management performed under an advisory agreement by Pillar Income Asset Management, Inc., and property operations handled by third-party property managers (including Regis Realty Prime for certain commercial assets). ARL also invests opportunistically in land held for appreciation or future development and in mortgage notes receivable, including seller-financed notes when it disposes of assets. Substantially all operations are conducted through its majority-owned subsidiary Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. (TCI), which in turn controls Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. (IOR).