I got to know of REITs about 2 years ago. New to REITs and eager to earn passive income, I began to research on how to analyse REITs. I posted my first REIT analysis on InvestingNote which garnered much attention from the community and this inspired me to start on my own investing blog.

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you would know that my posts are mainly analysing REITs. I enjoyed analysing REITs but in this post, I will share about the qualitative and quantitative factors that I consider when picking the best REITs to invest in Singapore.

1. Sponsor

Majority of the REITs in Singapore have sponsors that are property developers like Mapletree, Ascendas, Frasers, CapitaLand and Lendlease. Having a sponsor that is a large property developer like the ones mentioned above gives comfort to unitholders that there is a visible pipeline of assets that could be acquired in the future. REITs have ample room to grow