Reader:
I learn of your blog from reading an article you wrote about Viva Industrial Trust for a magazine. I am very concerned now because I just bought more after reading research provided by my broker. The dividend is expected to increase. Is the land lease situation really bad?
60 years land lease from 1961.
Expiring in 2020, no extension is allowed.
AK:
I don't remember writing for any magazine or maybe I did but I just don't remember.
Whether an investment is good or not depends in part on the motivation of the investor.
If you are invested in Viva Industrial Trust for income, you have to question not only how high the yield is, you have to question how sustainable it is going to be?
Can there be any other motivations for investing in Viva Industrial Trust?
The belief that, perhaps, the manager could increase asset value and to sell assets to an unsuspecting (or gullible) party at a higher price before the land leases end? ......