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A dividend is the last line of the investigation.

We reconstruct the cash structure above it — property, rent, debt and market access — before judging durability.

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Featured case file Equinix vs. Digital Realty: Why Dividend Payout Ratios Aren’t Created Equal Two full-year payout ratios, with issuer-defined denominators that carry different quarter-specific items underneath them. 2026-08-14 · Data centers · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position · Open case file →
SBA vs. Crown Castle: What Their Debt Tables Actually Say The same anticipated-repayment-date convention governs very different shares of two disclosed debt bases. 2026-08-13 · Towers · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position VICI vs. GLPI: 73% And 80% Payouts, One Refinancing Already Priced Similar payout claims sit above different maturity calendars; one replacement financing was already priced in the record. 2026-08-10 · Gaming net lease · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position Agree Realty vs NNN REIT: Two 70% Payouts, 4x Unsettled Equity Two payout ratios half a percentage point apart, and two entirely different capital timetables underneath them. 2026-08-07 · Net lease · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position Mid-America vs W. P. Carey: Why One Dividend Claimed 86% of Core AFFO Two REIT dividends and two different amounts of room, read from the same quarter’s supplementals. 2026-08-05 · Residential and net lease · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position UPS vs FedEx: Why One Dividend Claimed 99% of Free Cash Flow Two familiar dividend names. Two very different amounts of cash left after the payout. 2026-07-30 · Industrials · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position AT&T and Verizon: The Higher Yield Has the Thinner Cushion The larger yield does not automatically leave more room. Coverage reveals what the percentage hides. 2026-06 · Telecom · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position Agree Realty and Global Net Lease: One Yields 4%, One Yields 8% A similar tax structure can hide very different financing costs. The yield gap begins with the balance sheet. 2026-06 · Net lease · Jeong-Mo Goo · No position
The desk

Three entrances, one evidence standard.

Start here

Read the asset before the yield

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Property types, BDC lending structures, industrial cash conversion and telecom funding are mapped in plain English before the payout ratio enters the picture.

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Operating sequence

A yield is an output. The investigation begins upstream.

Every piece follows the cash in the same order, names the denominator, and separates what was observed from what remains untested.

  1. 01PropertyWhat produces the economics?
  2. 02Rent / cashWhat reaches the issuer?
  3. 03DebtWhat claims the cash first?
  4. 04PayoutWhat remains distributable?
Free · Report No. 001

MAA vs. W. P. Carey

Two REIT dividends read on each issuer’s own adjusted measure. The report publishes both the conclusion and the working papers behind it.

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Recommendations

Core report · 15ppCoverage, Three Clocks™ and Buffer Half-Life™.

Technical appendix · 10ppDebt ladders, covenant tables and reconciliation checks.

Free with email. Includes the REIT Dividend Checklist.
Report No. 001 — MAA vs. W. P. Carey, core report and technical appendix
DFB / Report 001 / Two-volume file
Published working papers

Built to tie

Eight reconstructed schedules. Eight exact reconciliations to issuer-reported totals.

Evidence 001-A8 / 8 tied
Reconciliation check: eight schedules tied exactly to issuer-reported totals
Technical Appendix · p.10 · Reconciliation check
Evidence 001-BExact tie
MAA debt maturity schedule rebuilt by year and debt type
Technical Appendix · p.2 · Debt ladder rebuilt