Many investors favor investing in real estate investment trusts (REIT) with strategic properties that tie in tenants on long leases. There is certainly an appeal:

1. Good Counterparty – You lock in someone who has the ability to pay good rent for a long time
2. Reduces the risk to consistently source for tenants
3. Longer term lease (5 to 10 years) tend to have build in CPI or inflation escalation
4. If its a large component of your portfolio, this tenant drives earnings

However, there are also complications that we might not be aware of. Cache Logistics Trust, which is an industrial REIT (dividend yield 8.6%) is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with C&P Land, their master lease tenant and Schenker, the main tenant of their master lessor on their warehouse in Airport Logistics Hub. As an investor, it is good to follow the SGX > ......