ValueForum.com Launches Portal for REIT Investors, Powered by Ticker Technologies Inc.

NEW YORK -- BNK Invest, Inc. (BNK), a premier provider of targeted online investment communities, announces the launch of its portal for Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) investors called reits.valueforum.com (at http://reits.valueforum.com/). The site is a portal into the ValueForum.com experience, allowing pure REIT investors to read only messages related to the sector, review stock ratings and analysis solely related to REITs, and maintain a more focused browsing experience.

Adam Menzel, the company's COO stated, "The new REIT Portal will add value to our growing community, helping to attract niche REIT investors to the membership base. Samples of the topics that are covered on reits.valueforum.com include Commercial Mortgage REITs, Diversified Mortgage REITs, Residential Mortgage REITs, Commercial Equity REITs, Diversified Equity REITs, Residential Equity REITs, and REIT Hybrids."

"Additionally," Menzel added, "the introduction of the reits.valueforum.com portal helps to add valuable content to the main valueforum.com site. Messages posted and stock ratings created on reits.valueforum.com will also appear on valueforum.com and vice versa."

The REIT sector is already an actively discussed topic on ValueForum with over 830 messages posted so far in September. Some actively rated REIT stocks on valueforum.com include Novastar Financial Inc. (NYSE: NFI) currently with 116 member ratings, Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: IMH) with 46 member ratings, Friedman Billings Ramsey (NYSE: FBR) with 36 member ratings, Anthracite Capital Inc. (NYSE: AHR) with 12 member ratings, American Mortgage Acceptance Company (AMEX: AMC) with 4 member ratings, Gladstone Commercial Corporation (NASDAQ: GOOD) with 4 member ratings, Saxon Capital Inc. (NYSE: SAX) with 4 member ratings, and Annaly Mortgage Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) with 3 member ratings.

As a special incentive coinciding with the launch of http://reits.valueforum.com/, we will be offering the following promotion:

New members that sign up using the promotional code: "reits2005" on or
 before October 31
Sign up for a 6-month pass, get 3 additional months free
Sign up for a 12-month pass, get 6 additional months free

New members that sign up using the promotional code: "reits2005" on or
 before November 30
Sign up for a 6-month pass, get 1 additional month free
Sign up for a 12-month pass, get 2 additional months free

About BNK Invest, Inc.

BNK Invest, Inc. owns online properties that focus on serving specific communities of investors. The Company's newest site, ValueForum.com, is the third online property to be launched by BNK, following BankInvestor.com in 1998 and BDCinvestor.com in 2002. ValueForum.com is a subscription-based site, with a 24-hour trial Pass offered at $4.99, a 6-Month Pass at $89.99, and a full 12-Month Pass at $149.99.

About Ticker Technologies, Inc.

ValueForum.com is powered by Ticker Technologies Inc. (TTI). TTI's mission is to be the premier provider of Internet software applications that integrate market-related and other content into web and Intranet sites worldwide. The Company achieves its mission by delivering turn-key outsourcing solutions that filter aggregated information and present it in innovative ways. The most successful products launched by the company have been the Ticker product line, and customizable Stock Charts. These products and the company's newest solutions provide value-added offerings for their clients.

TTI powers its products with a fleet of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) PowerEdge servers running the RedHat (NASDAQ: RHAT) Linux operating system. TTI's server infrastructure is located at NTT (NYSE: NTT)'s Manhattan data center.