Originally Posted by
Sideshow Bob
Depending on your situation, I'm still a fan of REIT's (at an appropriate price). Quarterly distribution, most run DRPs, much better liquidity, under professional management, diversification across a number of properties/business sectors etc - largely set and forget. I for instance don't have the experience, means or risk appetite to put all my eggs into 1 commercial property - but the downside is that can't leverage quite so much or so easily.
For instance, in the last year could have bought Argosy for around $1.01, now $1.27, with quarterly distributions of 1.563c imputed.