A New Way Forward
In my portfolio introduction in May 2018, I introduced the first phase of my portfolio building plan which started in February 2017. This “base” included high yield REITs which supplied me with around $5,000 in cash dividends per year. I contributed $65,000 to this phase, picking some high-risk, small-cap names (e.g., City Office REIT ([[CIO]]), Easterly Government Properties ([[DEA]])), some high-risk, speculative names (e.g., CBL & Associates Properties ([[CBL]]), VEREIT ([[VER]]), Ladder Capital Corp. ([[LADR]])), and generally at least what I considered best-in-breed names (e.g., Omega Healthcare Investors ([[OHI]]), STAG