Hi AK, I'm new to your blog. In searching for passive income in the past it was all about property and I never really considered REITS, stocks or funds in general. However I'm slowing accumulating these instruments in recent years to both diversify and bolster my passive income stream. Too many investment and UT performance reports assume you will keep reinvesting dividends to take advantage of compounding and show wonderful returns. Unfortunately for retirees who cannot afford to roll their dividends back to their investments these numbers do not hold true. REITS often make cash calls and one can see even the holdings that you've mention like AIMS, LMIR, Cache, Sebana over the past 3 years have lost capital for their investors (assuming you don't reinvest). If you look at income-focused UT reports purely on a NAV basis most head south. I've seen advice by other investors that say  ......