As the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is the primary trading platform for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSX: CAR.UN; OTC:CDPYF) - or more simply, "CAPREIT" and the company reports in Canadian dollars, all financial performance figures in this article are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
Investing in real estate, whether commercial or residential, seems like a sure bet. As an investment, however, there are couple of disadvantages in investing in real estate directly; namely, maintaining the actual property, plus the relatively illiquid nature of real estate. Sinking money directly into real property can be