AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE:AVB), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fiscal 2011 fourth quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $113.4 million or $1.19 per share, compared with $86.8 million or $1.01 per share in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. The reported quarterly FFO missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards