Commercial property: Buy or pass? [#260]
Summary: REITs explained – Investing in listed commercial property and potential returns.
This week on the Friends With Money podcast, Money’s editor-in -chief Michelle Baltazar speaks with Justin Blaess, principal and portfolio manager at REIT specialist Quay Global Investors, to explain real estate investment trusts (REITs) and how investors can earn investment income through them.
They discuss REITs as listed businesses that owns buildings and collect rent, how the sector has evolved since the late 1990s and the GFC, and new opportunities beyond traditional retail, office, and industrial
01:05 What Is a REIT?
01:48 How REIT investing evolved
03:29 Investment hotspots: data centres, storage and senior living
05:59 Expected returns basics
09:34 Interest rates myth
12:43 How to start investing
Links:
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Website: https://moneymag.com.au
Email: podcast@moneymag.com.au
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