Why I Sold My Rental Property To Buy REITs Instead - Part 2

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Summary

  • I sold my first rental property when I realized that REITs would provide better returns with less risk and efforts.
  • While I generally favor REITs over rentals, I recently broke my own rule and bought a new rental property.
  • In this follow-up article, I discuss exceptional cases when rental properties may actually make more sense than REITs.
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Last week, I explained why I sold my rental property in order to invest in REITs (VNQ) instead. In short:

  • The lack of scale ruins the profitability of rentals: You often hear people bragging about their

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Jussi Askola is the President of Leonberg Capital, a value-oriented investment boutique that consults hedge funds, family offices, and private equity firms on REIT investing. He has authored award-winning academic papers on REIT investing, has passed all three CFA exams, and has built relationships with many top REIT executives.

He is the leader of the investing group High Yield Landlord, where he shares his real-money REIT portfolio and transactions in real-time. Features of the group include: three portfolios (core, retirement, international), buy/sell alerts, and a chat room with direct access to Jussi and his team of analysts to ask questions. Learn more.

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