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Q: Hi 5i team :
Kroll Ball rating agency commented about TAH (USa branch of Tricon) the below note. As shareholders, should we worry now about this note ? or it is an issue to deal with in 2019 . Thanks !!

"It is worth noting that one TAH securitization and the Silver Bay deal are each collateralized by a floating-rate loan with a fully extended term of five years and the other TAH securitization is collateralized by a fixed-rate loan with a five-year term, all of which will come due from September 2019 to November 2021. This concentrated debt maturity profile may result in increased financial stress for the company."
Read Answer Asked by Alejandro (Alex) on March 15, 2017
Q: Good Evening
Yesterday when you answered Michael's question you referred of a Mr. Michael Cooper. My broker's site is showing that the CEO of this company is Jane Gavan.
I noted that the CEO has increased the number of shares held from 20,000 to 38,000 in a year. Is this a positive sign in holding the stock?
Furthermore do you have any figures with respect to the ownership percentage by the insiders of this company?
Would you view the insider activity as positive, negative or neutral for D.UN ?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Terry on March 14, 2017
Q: I hold smaller positions of the above collection of what I would consider to be "second tier" income stocks in an unregistered account. I also have BIP.UN, CSH.UN and HR.UN in a TFSA. I want to raise a bit of cash before the snow melts; which two or three of these would you sell first?

Thanks for the wonderful service - I've just renewed again!
Read Answer Asked by Dave on March 14, 2017
Q: I was listening to a guest on BNN market call tonight Mar 3/17 and the guest stated that REIT's should be held outside of a TFSA as the income is return of capital and is tax differed. Is that correct that when you dispose of the individual REIT in your TFSA that you will be taxed on the investment as capital Gains.I thought all gains and income on any type of investment excluding US holdings in a TFSA are tax free. I intend to do monthly withdrawls from my distributions from my REITS, Dividends and ETF's monthly in my retirement and thought all these withdrawls would be tax free as well as any sale of the stock/REIT/ETF position.
Could you give me your opinion.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on March 10, 2017
Q: just a comment about your comments. I am in the real estate business and affordability is not always the driving force in prices. It is demand from offshore money, investors, both locally and from abroad. In Toronto, there is a lot of money that can afford these investments and a collapse in the housing market would mostly hurt the working people who if they had to sell or refinancing would be stressed. If investors have lots of money, they are investing with the risks. they do not need these investments to pay for their own food and accommodation. I have worked through the housing price correction in 1974,1989,2001, 2008 and it was brutal for some people but an opportunity for investors with money. Now we have the additional overseas money which even at 5-10% is paying up for real estate in an already tight housing supply market. Who would want to sell and have no place to live. There may be a correction in Toronto but the investment fundamentals have to change. Keep waiting.....
Read Answer Asked by john on March 08, 2017
Q: I am considering adding pure play "Industrial" REITs to my REIT allocation. I currently have sufficient representation in the apartment and office/commercial sectors of the Canadian REITs

Please rank in order of preference the 5 pure play industrial REITs on the TSX. Am I missing any other names?

The market capitalization of the REITS are: Pure Industrial ($1.42B); Dream Industrial ($499M); WPT Industrial ($436M);Summit Industrial ($101M); and Edgefront ($68M).

Is Edgefront REIT too small to invest in?

Given Pure Industrial has Canadian and US holdings is it better than a 50/50 split of Dream (or Summit) and WPT which would give the same proportion of Canadian and US real estate holdings.

Please confirm whether WPT is traded in US dollars on the TSX.

Thanks for the excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on March 08, 2017
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