‘Ready to REITire’ is a 5-part video series that is done in collaboration with The Joyful Investors, where our aim is to give those who are new to investing the basics about investing in REITs to generate a steady stream of income through distributions (which is the same as ‘dividends’, but as far as REITs are concerned, they are termed as ‘distributions’.)

In the first part of the video series (for those of you who have missed out, you can check it out here), Hazelle (from The Joyful Investors) and myself shared about what exactly a REIT is, along with some of the advantages of investing in one, and also its limitations.

As I’ve mentioned in my previous post, there are about 40 REITs listed on the Singapore Exchange, and some REITs better than others. So, how do you go about selecting which REITs to invest in?

In today’s video, you’ll learn about 3 things we look at to help us determine whether the REIT is worthy of a place in our investment portfolio:

** if you are unable to watch the video above, you can click here to watch it on YouTube.

I sincerely hope you’ve found the contents in this video easy to understand.

In the next part of the video series, we will be sharing with you how you can detect potential ‘red flags’ in a REIT – please do not skip this video, because simply by applying what we’re going to share with you within will help to significantly reduce the risk of you making a bad investment decision. Stay tuned!