Bull or Bear: Is There Hope for mREITs?

As the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at record lows, investors looking for yield have flocked to the mREIT sector, which flaunts massive dividend yields because of tax laws requiring a large portion of earnings to be distributed to shareholders.Â

However, investors are beginning to wonder if mREITs will get burned if interest rates quickly tick higher or repo-financing markets become more expensive.

In this video, Motley Fool financial analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer tell investors how they feel about the industry on a "Bearish/Bullish" 1 to 10 scale.

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