The brick and mortar retail industry disaster is accelerating to no one's surprise. This past months have witnessed bankruptcy filings from J.Crew, Forever 21, JC Penney, Pier 1, to name a few and others will follow. To value oriented contrarian investors, after many years of expensiveness, some of the REITs in this space have to starting to look appealing at current valuations.
The first think to control for is the risk of permanent capital loss. Not every REIT will make it, as capitalism predicts. The first thing to answer is whether a prudent long-term investor