Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (APLE)

[Capt_Smith77]

Apple REIT (APLE) seems like a solid investment if someone is interested in a relatively safe divy, and it pays out each month which is a nice added incentive.

The problem that I have, is that when I ran the numbers a short while back, I figured that it would essentially take 18K investing in APLE at the time to get back $100 each month in the form of a dividend. Right now it would only take $16K for that same dividend amount.

For me at least, I'm able to put that 16K-18K to work each month by trading short term investments for a hell of a lot more than what the divy would offer, and without the risk of having it tied up with a dog of a stock that's done nothing but decline since it's IPO. While the risks of buying and selling short term exist, you're at least able to liquidate and mitigate losses easier as you don't have a divy to consider, or a company who will likely be negatively impacted by higher interest rates moving forward.

I can see APLE benefiting retirees more than anything, as long as they're well diversified.