Sam Zell made his reputation and fortune as a contrarian investor. Perhaps most famously, Zell sold his office property real-estate investment trust, Equity Office, for $39 billion at the market top in 2007.
Lately, Zell has been vocal about his concern about an impending recession, saying at a real estate conference in New York this month that the US economy is in the "ninth inning."
Investors who want to invest along...