This is a group of stocks of which I am in almost complete ignorance. John's article gave me no reason to try to enlighten that ignorance. Usually John's articles point me to something interesting.

Two anecdotes:

I messed around with rental houses in central Alberta during the 1980s. It was a total nightmare for me, including being an unprofitable nightmare.

During my Calgary years I rented a sweetheart of an apartment. That apartment is now owned by Boardwalk. I recently visited a friend who now lives in that same building and I was shocked at the shoddy state of the building after some years of Boardwalk ownership.

I shall leave the rental investment game to others whether it be stock investments or building investments.