33: Brett Owens, 3 Recession Proof REITs to Buy Now
Invest Like a Boss
Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz
4.8 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2016
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Brett Owens is the Chief Investment Strategist of Contrarian Outlook and a regular contributor to Forbes investment column. In the flagship publication the Contrarian Income Report, their focus is secure yields of 6% or better with price upside. As the name implies, they take a contrarian approach to the markets in order to find value (in the form of secure high yield) where headline-focused investors often miss out.
Brett was recently featured on CNBC Asia where they discussed new infrastructure plays and joined us on the podcasts to do a dedicated episode on REITs after we read his article in Forbes 3 Recession Proof REITs to Buy Now.
Brett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brettowens
Forbes Article – 3 Recession Proof REITs to Buy Now
Where are we:
Sam – Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Brett – Sacramento, California
REIT Recommendations:
OHI – Omega Healthcare Investors
SBRA – Sabra Health Care
O - Realty Income
PSA – Public Storage
Free Dividend Stock Report: 7 Great Dividend Stocks for a Secure Retirement
Recommended Book:
Tonny Robbins - MONEY Master the Game
Discussed:
ILAB 12 - Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Ceo Ben Miller
ILAB 07 - Building Hong Kongs Biggest Self Storage Business
Show Notes:
04:15 – Californian wine and day trips
06:00 – REIT fundamentals
07:18 – Acquire physical property
11:40 – Recession proof REITS
14:00 – Leverage levels
19:05 – Rising interest
20:30 – Long-term dividend growth
23:31 – When making an investment
26:00 – Getting started
29:01- Reality income
30:35 – Paying monthly dividend
31:45 – Public storage
33:50 – National retail properties
35:35 – Sabra health care
39:31 – Raising interest rate
40:50 – Brett’s personal portfolio
43:00 – Private REIT offering
44:45 – 7 dividend growth stocks
54:22 – IRA & REIT fund changes
57:00 – Capped investing funds
1:01:00 – Buying REITs
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks and I'm Johnny FD. We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. |
| 0:09.2 | Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash. |
| 0:17.9 | Hey, I'm on this, Johnny and welcome to episode 33 of the Invest Like a Boss podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | I'm Johnny, back here with Sam Marks. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey, guys, and Johnny, Felice Navidad. |
| 0:28.1 | Merry Christmas, buddy. |
| 0:29.4 | You still in Mexico? |
| 0:30.5 | I still in Mexico. |
| 0:31.9 | Three more days in Play-Dale-Carman, and then back to Florida for the holidays. |
| 0:36.9 | Okay. |
| 0:37.5 | So, Merry Christmas to everyone listen to this. |
| 0:39.9 | If you guys are listening live, I know a lot of people are catching up on older episodes. |
| 0:44.1 | So happy New Year to you guys. |
| 0:46.5 | So this week, we're going to have on Brett Owens, who's a contributing writer for Forbes.com. |
| 0:53.1 | And he writes a ton about dividend stocks as well as |
| 0:58.0 | REITs, which is today's topic. Yeah, and he's also the chief investment strategist for |
| 1:02.8 | contrarian outlook. And I've been reading a bunch of their stuff in the last couple months, |
| 1:07.4 | really, really good stuff and just highlights the topics that Johnny just went over. And he's also, |
| 1:13.1 | he's in a lot of places. He's in CNBC. He's often on CNBC Asia doing interviews and stuff. He seems |
| 1:19.8 | like a really cool guy. So I'm pumped up to get him on the show. Yeah, super smart guy. He went to |
| 1:24.3 | Cornell, which is Ivy League. He worked in corporate America, and |
| 1:28.6 | I think he's just going to be a good guest to talk about REITs, which is something that we've |
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