This year, I tried a couple of new things besides investing in stocks. Well, to side-track, I have not really purchased any REIT stocks at the moment. Felt that having a little bit of exposure to high dividend yield REITs might be good, however I am still undecided given the slowing rental / lease market for the industrial and retail sector. I would like to get into healthcare REITs, but I do not find First REIT and Parkway Life REIT undervalued at the moment. Still, the dividend yields look tempting. With all new things, there is always a certain amount of risks. This post is about the difficulties / failures I encountered. This is not a post to tell you how much profit I made from any particular investment (since I first invest in them). Ok, the new things I tried this year: P2P loans and Invoice Financing. In the case ......