I plan to retire in 15 years time and is now accumulating income assets and reducing my liabilities. I like REITS because it allows me to buy property and get rental without having to borrow money from bank. And I also dont like dealing with tenants and agents.

I buy and keep and try to dollar cost average. I will sell only if price is very high or if I think something is wrong with the REIT.

wishing axreit can come back 3.00-3.10 for me to start buying back. 

Is AXREIT becoming another YTLREIT 

you got queue buying?

the major difference is also,
those who invest 200k in apartment do it without forking up the physical 200K.
Maybe only less than 30% of the 200k. Balance 70% is BORRROWED MONEY.

whereas REIT.. u hv to fork up the physical 200k.

so, Property investment to me bit Hi-Risk, coz using LEVERAGE MONEY.

Depends also yr age group. if young, i would say go for the PROPERTY INVESTMENT using the
LEVERAGE MONEY as you can make YOUR MONEY WORK HARDER for you.

at this time, low cost apt will give you 10-20% p.a. net if u are eligible to buy.
midcost apt, 8-12% pa. (condos 3-5% pa)

being a landlord comes with a full basket of costs n headaches - vacant periods, renovation costs, assessment/quit rent, tenant issues: rent delay, dun pay, utilites bill debt, prop destruction, runaway tenants, etc.

but there r people who enjoy dealing with all that, so a matter of if that is yr cup of tea. overall, more rewarding financially but you need to do some work, not like reits done so conveniently.

worst case scenario:

condo prices fall
interest rates up
reit prices down

triple whammy!

less maintenace fees/assessment and renov, net wud b 5-6% or so assuming tenancy all the time. about right for better apts/condos.

Some people like physical things, the investment is something they can see , touch and manage by their own.

if you ask me why, I don't know....maybe people feel safer in that way ? 

Parking attendant?!!! Guy wor!!!

Purposely go parking there just to "feel".. haha. Parking and stress of finding parking also eat up some percentage of the investment already..

reits and own prop for rental share the same essence - put yr money and get regular cash payments thru rental.
it's a soft selling point for reits - why bother with so much hassle when it can be done easily?
however, one is commercial and others manage for you; the other is residential, u deal with it directly.

i hv both. my results say at certain times with certain opportunities, prop inv is extremely rewarding, to the extent of 1000% roi over 2 yrs. can't get that with reits. however, do that at the wrong time, you bleed like hell with bank loans up to yr butt only to finally sell after an agonizing period of waiting n hoping - at a major loss. i've seen it all!

reits, u can dump/switch anytime, cut loss, watever...

from inv point of view, i say they r very different, one does not replace the other.

IGB? bwhahahah - "oversold" in terms of "best-est REIT in MY" by some folks lar.
U know which few i'm referring to right? heheh
Never met my filter requirements but Sabana did.
Sabana now.. sigh.. "only" 12.01%pa returns, inclusive of the DY of 7.98%pa so far. Was much better.

Sorry ar mod - topic mixed MReits & SReits & Properties 

1. Int up!
2. Stock price for reit sure drop!
3. Buy in after drop when its low!
4. Then you get better div yield!
5. I believe you know it!
6. Dont believe? Let see how!

why ar bro? too low? too high?
7%pa+/- to 8%pa+/- net DY is my norm for SG REITs coz no tax mar.
SG-MY brokers' "service charges" for each donkey dividend payout or "rights issue execution" already factored in too.

If you give more dividend than you actually earn, isn't that bad.
It will eat into their cash reserve - right?

I see, but there's management fees, finance cost and taxes that has to be paid, and this cost a net income less than dividend distributed.

http://www.capitamallsmalaysia.com/financial_results.html

I just want to understand this better.