Hi,
I’ve been busy…
I bought a rental property in a foreign land (USA) and started 3 companies.
Here is my numbers for October, Nov and Dec 2017.
Dividend Income
For the month of October I received dividends from 14 different companies, November 13 and a total of 16 in December
| Ticker | Company Name | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| TSE:NVU.UN | Northview Apartment REIT | $106.33 | $106.87 | $107.42 |
| TSE:PZA | Pizza Pizza | $18.25 | $18.32 | $18.40 |
| O | Realty Income | $21.20 | $21.20 | $21.20 |
| TSE:AD | Alaris | $27.81 | $27.95 | $28.08 |
| TSE:ENF | Enbridge | $110.02 | $110.53 | $111.04 |
| TSE:SJR.B | Shaw | $31.30 | $31.41 | $31.51 |
| TSE:ALA | AtlaGas | $72.28 | $72.63 | $76.10 |
| TSE:CPG | Cresent | $15.21 | $15.24 | $15.27 |
| TSE:AX.UN | Artis REIT | $105.66 | $106.29 | $106.92 |
| TSE:PLZ.UN | Plaza REIT | $91.35 | $91.82 | $92.30 |
| TSE:AQN | Algonquin | $225.00 | ||
| WDC | Western Digital | $35.00 | ||
| TSE:ZLB | BMO LOW VOL ETF | $164.80 | ||
| WPC | W.P. Carey | $100.50 | ||
| TSE:RY | Royal Bank | $95.55 | ||
| OHI | Omega | $78.00 | ||
| GIS | General Mills | $32.34 | ||
| TSE:SU | Suncor | $46.72 | ||
| NVDA | Nvidia | $7.50 | ||
| TSE:BIP.UN | Brookfield Infr | $60.18 | ||
| TSE:PTG | Pivot | $66.80 | ||
| TSE:CWB | Canadian Western Bank | $103.44 | ||
| TSE:ENB | Enbridge | $284.26 | ||
| TOTAL | $1,124.71 | $808.15 | $1,177.14 |
- I received $1124 in dividends for the month of October
- November haul was $808
- I hit a new record in December with a huge $1177
At the beginning of the year I was hoping to get at least one month above $1000 dollars but now I’m pretty close to hitting $1200!
Dividend Increase and highlights
- AltaGas – $0.175 to $0.1825 per Month
15 out of my 23 companies have raised their dividends so far this year.
5 out of my 23 companies have raised their dividends 2 or more times so far this year.
I have not had a dividend cut so far this year.
Nuts and Bolts
October
- My year over year increase for October was 134.62% or $645.33 more than October 2016
- My quarter over quarter increase was 4.61% or $49.58 more than 3 months ago
November
- My year over year increase for October was 57.05% or $293.58 more than November 2016
- My quarter over quarter increase was 4.17% or $32.37 more than 3 months ago
December
- My year over year increase for December was 54.88% or $417.11 more than December 2016
- My quarter over quarter increase was 7.70% or $84.14 more than 3 months ago
| Month | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 $ INC | 2017 % INC |
| January | $152.00 | $367.00 | $639.12 | $272.12 | 74.15% |
| February | $229.00 | $427.00 | $557.24 | $130.24 | 30.50% |
| March | $385.00 | $602.00 | $850.50 | $248.50 | 41.28% |
| April | $201.00 | $313.00 | $931.94 | $618.94 | 197.74% |
| May | $375.00 | $456.00 | $733.18 | $277.18 | 60.79% |
| June | $475.00 | $676.00 | $994.62 | $318.62 | 47.13% |
| July | $200.00 | $380.00 | $1,075.13 | $695.13 | 182.93% |
| August | $375.00 | $501.00 | $775.78 | $274.78 | 54.85% |
| September | $499.00 | $716.88 | $1093.00 | $376.12 | 52.47% |
| October | $236.00 | $479.38 | $1,124.71 | $645.33 | 137.62% |
| November | $418.00 | $514.57 | $808.15 | $293.58 | 57.05% |
| December | $624.00 | $760.03 | $1,177.14 | $417.11 | 54.88% |
| YTD Total | $4,169.00 | $6,192.86 | $10,760.51 | $4,567.65 | 73.76% |
One of my goals for 2017 is to increase my dividend payout an average of $170 per month over the previous year.
Yeah, I killed that.
My average increase was $380.63 per month. ($4,567.65/12)
How Much Free Money?
I’ve earned $10,760 in dividends this year.
| Year | Total Dividends Received |
| 2014 | $2,421 |
| 2015 | $4,169 |
| 2016 | $6,193 |
| 2017 | $10,760 |
| 2018 | $0.00 |
| 2019 | $0.00 |
| 2020 | $0.00 |
| Total | $23,543 |
My total dividend haul this year crushed my goal of $8,000. I’m going to increase my next yyears goal from $10,000 to $12,000 to keep in line with my growth.
Since 2014 I have received $23,543 worth of dividends. This does not include any capital appreciation.
Another goal finished!
A horrible graph but it shows that I beat the market again for the third straight year. This graph is straight from my bank and it doesn’t include dividends so I’m actually up significantly more. (RBC, get your act together)
Every month I like to see what my total dividend income could purchase if I chose to spend it on consumer stuff.
Turns out I could buy a …
2017 Honda Accord
Starting Price: $22,455
Until next time.
Stay classy Fire bros
Those are some amazing numbers DC! Can you tell something more about the companies you started?
For sure!
I’m buying real estate in the US and keeping them for rental income (I want to give them to my children when they are of age). I bought my first property in September and will be buying house #3 in a few months. Owning real estate in the States is very tricky for a foreign investor so I have to become a company for tax purposes and liability reasons.
I started a flow through LLC where my house will be placed. It’s a non taxed entity and used to mitigate liability. Next I have a LP which is used so I do not pay dual taxes in the US and Canada. Finally, I have a C-Corp as the GP of my LP.
A bit complicated but that’s why I have only bought one house for now. This year I want to fully understand the business and taxation before I add to my collection 🙂
Cheers
You are killing it those are some off the chart numbers. Just think you will go over 30,000 lifetime dividends this year that rocks. keep it up
Doug recently posted…2 dividend raises
Hey Doug, I hope you’re doing well.
I hope I blow past $30,000! 35 maybe…
The one thing we are missing here is how many shares of each do you have? Or just the total invested?
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the observation. I will see if I can add my share count to next months report. In the meantime, I have a link to my (semi) updated portfolio in the header bar.
peace