Investing in Real Estate Through REITs

Real estate is a popular investment, but it's not very accessible one for beginners. Luckily, REITs make it very easy to gain exposure to real properties; we explain the security and more in this video.

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DISCLAIMER:
This channel is for education purposes only and is not affiliated with any financial institution, although Richard does work as an employee for an investment manager. Richard Coffin is not registered to provide investment advice and as such does not provide recommendations on The Plain Bagel - those looking for investment advice should seek out a registered professional. Richard is not responsible for investment actions taken by viewers.

[gabrielrodriguez]

Damn I was really hoping to get 12 minutes and 56 seconds of that fire ass intro style

[CocolinoFan]

I love your intors 😂. You always manage to make me crack a smile.

[davidsdinero]

What I love about REITs is that they're accesible to anyone, they're inexpensive and also don't have the stress of picking and managing a property to invest in!💯

[sor]

I knew he was making fun of Graham Stephan and then he confirms my suspicion by the end. :P I went through a lot of different "financial gurus" who seemingly are obsessed with real estate get rich quick schemes and their advise increasingly useless. Like not all of us have a millions lying around to buy enough properties to retire off of. But now I'm here.

[Josue.Pronounced.Hose_Way]

1) Great intro. I love it when you let loose a little bit. April Fool's episode is still one of my all time greatest youtube videos. Do more please?
2) I'm going to seriously put more thought into REITs thanks to your breakdown. The tax breakdown was really thoughtful and well explained.
3) I subscribed to Graham for like a month but after a while I found him exceptionally annoying. Far greater quality of work coming from the plain bagel. Slow and steady, I'd bet that he'll fizzle out within a few years while you guys continue a healthy upward tread. More subscribers within 5 years, I'm calling it.

[akaman]

Great video as always and particularly timely as many REIT's have taken big hits to their unit prices that are arguably well under their net asset values. So if picking and choosing the right ones, there is a greater opportunity now to take advantage of future unit appreciation (to enhance returns beyond their quarterly cash yields). But as always, there is appreciable risk if choosing ones with challenged balance sheets and allocations to properties that are likely going to be troubled for the foreseeable future.

[elmateo]

So if you can hold REITs in a tax-exempt account there's a potential for large profits.

[KurikuShoTto]

I love watching both yours and Ben Felix's videos. Even when you both cover the same topics, I enjoy watching both because you guys explain concepts in different ways and I feel like I really understand something like REITs after hearing both of you outline it

[Doom]

Lol loved the Intro and outro! Keep it up :)

[cosmicmauve]

"What are you 5?" Love it. My type of sophisticated humour!

[TheFGrox]

11:37 The smooth transition to the sponsor. Linus Tech Tips wants to know your location.

[dylanl]

Haha awesome intro!! I'm loving the videos and this one just happens to be on my birthday! Keep up the great work

[jasonawakelin]

Congrats on buying your first house! Thanks for this video, it was great.

[demilishing]

Perfect timing for me! Filing my taxes and have us reits which I didn't know were taxes as corporations and I can't get the 15% withholding tax back. I was adamant with my account earlier in the week that I was able to get it back but now I'm pretty sure I was wrong all along! Thanks for the helpful video and link! :)

[tysonkrehnke]

Hello, great insight. I think it's also useful to note that some "Dividend" paying entities have different tax implications in the US as well. When a publicly traded partnership such as the various oil stocks give you a dividend, it's always first considered return of capital. Meaning you dont pay any tax until you sell your position. Instead payments reduce your basis in ownership meaning you hit a larger gain on sale of those assets. After enough time your basis becomes zero and whatever your sale price is is the gain you hit. Fortunately long-term gain in nature.

[arch.amielpatrickpunzalan]

I'm glad I found your channel through Coffeezilla! You're content is gold man!

[RandyLy]

I always thought of you as the youtube real estate guy for Canada, just like how Graham is the youtube real estate guy for California.

Anyway, great video! Thank you for clearing up the difference in dividend payments for REITs from stocks

[nmorrill]

Thanks for your always helpful (& hilarious) videos, & congrats on your new house! :D

[AxelQC]

If you buy REITs or REIT mutual funds in a ROTH IRA, you can collect the dividends and never pay taxes on them. You already paid taxes on the money you used to buy the shares, so the dividends and earnings are tax free.

[arjunsatheesh]

Great video and congrats on your new home.