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beyond MD with Dr. Yatin Chadha
beyond MD bridges the gap between medical training and financial literacy.
Led by mid-career Canadian radiologist, Yatin Chadha, beyond MD empowers practicing physicians, medical trainees, and other professionals to build confidence and clarity around money.
Episodes feature interviews with subject experts to help listeners gain knowledge around topics like professional corporations, investing, insurance, pensions, real estate, trusts, and estate planning.
Yatin also frequently interviews his own colleagues to shed light on valuable life and money lessons learned over time.
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beyond MD with Dr. Yatin Chadha
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Dr. Yatin Chadha hosts Sanjil Shah (CPA, CA) to discuss REITS with a focus on Alignvest Student Housing REIT (ASH REIT).
Sanjil has extensive experience in real estate and is the managing partner for ASH REIT, which is striving to consolidate purpose built student accommodations (PBSA) across various Canadian university markets.
Website: https://www.alignveststudenthousing.com/
We discuss:
- REIT tax (in)efficiency (1:12)
- Sanjil's background (5:52)
- about Alignvest Student Housing REIT (8:21)
- target markets (10:25)
- what is a REIT? (13:25)
- REIT pros/cons (15:29)
- types of REITs (19:10)
- returns, distributions, tax efficiency, return of capital (24:20)
- is real estate an inflation hedge? (29:08)
- RE macro outlook (32:08)
- trends in student housing (36:25)
- student housing talwinds/headwinds (38:05)
- challenging REITs (43:35)