New purchase : 8point3 Energy Partners LP

New position started in portfolio. 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)

8point3 Energy Partners LP, incorporated on March 3, 2015, owns, operates and acquires solar energy generation projects. As of November 30, 2016, the Company's portfolio consisted of interests in 642 Megawatt (MW) of solar energy projects. The Company is developing projects under utility, commercial and industrial (C&I) and residential categories. As of November 30, 2016, the Company owned interests in nine utility-scale solar energy projects; four C&I solar energy projects and a portfolio of residential Distributed generation (DG) Solar assets.

W.P. Carey dividend increase

NEW YORK, March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.995 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.98 per share. The dividend is payable on April 17, 2017 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2017.

Realty Income 91st dividend increase

SAN DIEGO, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.211 per share from $0.2105 per share. The dividend is payable on April 14, 2017 to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2017. This is the 91^st dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for April's dividend is March 30, 2017. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.532 per share as compared to the current annualized dividend amount of $2.526 per share.

New purchase : Realty Income Corp

Added 15 shares of Realty Income Corp. (NYSE:O) at $59.92 per share. I now hold 28 share of Realty Income Corp.

New purchase : Chatham Lodging Trust

Added 45 shares of Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) at $19.30 per share. I now hold 125 shares of CLDT.

Triton International Q1 dividend

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 7, 2017-- Triton International Limited (NYSE:TRTN) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved and declared a $0.45 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding common shares, payable on March 30, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 20, 2017

Orchid Island March 2017 dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., March 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of March 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid April 10, 2017, to holders of record on March 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of March 29, 2017.

Progress update : February

Progress update for February

Quote	2016	2017	Change %
Realty Income Corp	2.31	2.58	+11.7%
Vanguard Natural Resources	2.46	0	-100%
AT&T	19.36	25.87	+33.6%
Orchid Island	12.63	12.88	+2.0%
Alliance Resource Partners	28.93	19.88	-31.3%
Golar LNG Partners	24.24	25.69	+6.0%
Main Street Capital	3.23	10.45	+223.5%
Prospect Capital Corporation	6.79	17.22	+153.6%
Royal Bank of Canada	-	9.58
Omega Healthcare Investors	-	18.32
Verizon Communications	-	5.77
Chatham Lodging Trust	-	4.08
LTC Properties	-	9.02
Total	99.95	161.34	+61.4%

Status update : February 2017

Dividends received in February :

Quarterly:

•  25.87€ from AT&T (T)
•    5.77€ from Verizon (VZ)
•  19.88€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ALRP) 
•  25.69€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP)
•  18.32€ from Omega Healthcare (OHI)
•    9.58€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY)

Monthly:

•     2.58€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.88€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   10.45€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   17.22€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
•     4.08€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•     9.02€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 161.34€ in dividends in February. Last year I received 99.95€ dividends in February. This is a 61.4% increase in dividends. Good improvement