Investment Q&A

Q: St. Joe apparently has tens of thousands of acres of land free and clear, ready for development in NW Florida that are valued at 20,000 an acre but the market value is more like 2,000,000 an acre. Is the stock trading at current levels hugely undervalued or have I missed something. Thanks for your help

Q: We recently sold our rental units and are considering adding CAR.UN to our income portfolio for exposure to Canadian residential units and rental income. I'm curious about your thoughts on valuing Canadian REITs. What specific factors or metrics do you consider when determining if a REIT is in value territory?
TY

Q: I tend to favor value investing. which would you prefer?

Q: Greetings:
It has been some time since a question has been asked about MRG.UN. I am looking for a replacement when my Tricon shares are taken from me!!!! Would you be so kind as to give me your opinion on: Growth expected, growth if any --past two years, even though price fell with advance in interest rates, analysts covering it. They have recently put an NCIB in place. Anything else you might think of. Multiple X cash flow. Any chance of a takeout? How does it compare to MRC and MRT.UN. Thanks, Ben.

Q: I was wondering if you could provide an update with regards to Chartwell. Should we expect much growth. Has made a nice move but should I consider moving on. Difficult sector? Thinking of moving to Manulife.

Thanks

Dave.

Q: I am looking for other canadian residential reits to buy with my funds from selling TCN. I think with interest rates topping out and very possibly declining later this year, reits are a very good, safe place to invest. Can you suggest any other canadian residential reits that have good upside from here and give a decent dividend? I am thinking of ERE as well as HOM. Any comments?

Q: Gentlemen:
In previous questions you thought that on a cash flow basis the above reit was too expensive and too small. What is your present assessment? Does this version of it pay distributions in Canadian or US currency? Any other suggestions.
Thanks, Ben.

Q: To replace Tricon Residential what USD based names would you recommend. Thanks Gerry

Q: What percentage of homes etc are in the USA vs Canada. Would Canadian Government interfere ? I thought most assets are in USA

RAK

Q: This has enjoyed a nice run. Do you think it’s too late to buy? I was thinking that the data centre business is promising with the demands ai entails. I am worried about buying it at a high though. Thank you.

Jason

Q: HI Guys
A general question about regulatory requirements, but maybe using TCN as an example as it is now in play....... When a company like Blackstone makes a offer for a company like TCN, once the offer is in place, is the acquirer (Blackstone) permitted to continue to buy stock offered in the market up to 100% even before the vote?

Just seems there is a lot of selling and buying and wondering that would be smart of Blackstone.

Thanks

Stuart

Q: Regarding responses to questions on where to redeploy funds from Tricon, I did not see any reference to InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust. I already own Dream Industrial and plan to add, but to maintain exposure to residential real estate, does it also make sense to add to IIP.UN? Why or why not?

Q: looking at some names where tricon money may flow to.
-notice several bank analysts research reports on tricon have peers :
bdi, svi, mrd, meq, drm. would like your thoughts please.
thank you

Q: Currently I have no exposure to real estate in my portfolio. This is because I have been very hesitant to buy into real estate for the last few years because of Covid, then high interest rates, office workers working from home effecting Office REITS and on-line sales effecting Retail REITs. Are there 3 safe REITs out there paying a 4 - 5% dividend that a retired senior can invest in or should I just continue to stay away from the whole sector for now?

Q: Hi 5i,

I currently hold DND and REAL, which I had purchased approx. 1year ago. My Thesis for both of these stocks is that once interest rates begin to fall both stocks both could experience positive stock movement to the upside given the current need for housing and all the pent up demand in the US/Canada.

I have read your report on dropping coverage of DND and your answers to questions on REAL. It would appear that your main concern is on their debt levels and that there are better opportunities elsewhere for an investors capital. Is that correct?

Do you have any actual concerns with the business models of both these companies itself? What are your views on the real estate market in general?

Apologize for the multiple questions. Please deduct as many credits as needed.

Thanks in advance!

Greg C.

Q: Finally some good news about Tricon! TCN has been a real laggard in our margin account, and even with the recent substantial gain, it’s still down 18.6%. However, this is certainly not nearly as bad as it was several days ago! I can trade TCN for zero commission and of course, the loss will be reported in our 2024 tax return. Would your suggestion to sell half now still apply in this case?

Thanks.

Q: If I wanted to stay in the real estate sector what are your current favorite candidates to re-invest proceeds when selling my TCN holdings

Q: What might cause the offer to fall through? What regulatory issues might be at play? What odds would you give the deal going through?

Q: Hello Peter,
The brokerage i deal with mentioned they no longer allow purchase of chartwell retirement as it is a publicly traded partnership.. How is this different from public traded corporation? Can you clarify and have you heard of this before that a brokerage does not allow purchase of chartwell.. thanks very much

Q: Hello 5i team,
Yahoo Business mentioned that TCN tentatively may go private at $11.25 US (~15.17 CAD). You recommended to sell half now.

Is there any regulatory hurdles that may stop this transaction with all the housing problems in both countries? Since TCN is the only REIT in the balanced portfolio, do you have your eye on any other equities?

Andrew