Monthly Archives: February 2020

We’re All Going to Die of Coronavirus and it’s Time to Freak the Fuck Out.

First off, I apologize for the lapse in posting. Blogging about REITs and dividend investing may be a hobby, but I’ve also got a day job that can keep me preposterously busy from time to time. But, on the off-chance there are actually “fans” of this humble REIT blog who have been refreshing the pageContinue reading “We’re All Going to Die of Coronavirus and it’s Time to Freak the Fuck Out.”

Be a Lazy Farmer With REITs, pt. 2: Gladstone Land Corporation (LAND).

Yesterday on this here REIT Blog I wrote about how you can use REITs to invest in farmland and looked at one specific agricultural property REIT–Farmland Partners, Inc. (FPI). Today, I am going to look at another agricultural REIT – Gladstone Land Corporation (ticker: LAND). Before we start looking at LAND, let’s review some ofContinue reading “Be a Lazy Farmer With REITs, pt. 2: Gladstone Land Corporation (LAND).”

Be a Lazy Farmer with REITs, pt. 1: Farmland Partners, Inc. (FPI).

Throughout human history, farmland has been one of the most popular investments. In many pre-industrial societies, it was essentially the only source of generational wealth. While today’s investor has infinitely more choices, farmland remains a compelling investment for many reasons: Land has a fundamental value, and there will always be demand for crops as longContinue reading “Be a Lazy Farmer with REITs, pt. 1: Farmland Partners, Inc. (FPI).”

How to Evaluate a Potential REIT Investment: Evaluating Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS)

Obviously REIT evaluation, like stock evaluation generally, is complex. There is really no end to the amount of data you can consider, analysis you can do, and so forth. Suffice it to say that I’m not going to be able to accurately or adequately sum up the entire process of REIT evaluation in a singleContinue reading “How to Evaluate a Potential REIT Investment: Evaluating Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS)”

What About Passively Managed REIT Funds?

In the short history of this young-but-venerable REIT blog, I have already expressed a few positions that form the cornerstones of my investing philosophy: (1.) REITs are pretty great. (2.) Diversification is pretty great. (3.) Index funds are pretty great. So it would stand to reason, then, that I must love passively managed, low-cost REITContinue reading “What About Passively Managed REIT Funds?”