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Brad Thomas is one of 25 Seeking Alpha Contributors participating in the 2017 DIY Investing Summit. In the summit, two of the questions I asked Brad about was his biggest investing victory of 2016 and what his "State of the Markets" address would be going into 2017. Below is an excerpt from the interview and a summary of his response.

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Brad's biggest victory and "State of the Markets"...

CorEnergy (CORR) is a small-cap, energy focused REIT that was trading at a large discount. Resulted in an ~160% return.
Home runs are great, but prefers to hit singles and doubles. Real estate is a long-term investment.
Owns real estate for the predictable income and modest price appreciation.
Believes Trump will have a big impact on real estate in U.S.
Trump will extend the life cycle for U.S. real estate for 5+ years.
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This is just a small excerpt of what's covered in the interview.

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Full list of summit contributors:

Chris DeMuth, Bret Jensen, Rida Morwa, Brad Thomas, Eric Parnell, Ian Bezek, Richard Lejeune, Richard Berger, Aurelien Windenberger, Doug Eberhardt, Dividend Sensei, Ralph Baker, Lawrence Fuller, Double Dividend Stocks, Mark Bern, Mark Hibben, Dividend House, J Mintzmyer, William Koldus, Damon Verial, Avi Gilburt, Shailesh Kumar, Chuck Carnevale, Adam Aloisi, and Colorado Wealth Management

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