we could have bought more as starwood fell. we failed to do so.could've bailed when we first got the takeover news. that would have been made sense. afterall we're not arbitrators. we could've held starwood and would have been rewarded. we didn't do any of those things. don't act on emotion, don't go against your homework. if you think a stock deserves to go higher or anything else that would produce a great gain then wait. no one's looking. you can afford to be patient. don't give up on your best ideas before they have time to pan out and don't give up on yourself. eric in texas, eric? >> caller: hey, mr. kramer. a big san antonio bulia to you. i have 50 stocks in my portfolio and they're all dividend payers, they yield about 2 1/4%. other than the paid out ratio, can you please tell me what other metric i can do to ensure my dividends are safe? >> we have a cash flow analysis. the book is available and it's a very in-depth analysis of how to calculate the cash flow which is more important than the earnings per share in terms of trying to figure

interest, helped run what has now grown into a giant cop corporation that operated under the name starwood/waypoint, controlling tens of thousands of single fally rental homes across the country. >> you have the ultimate, out of state, far removed absentee landlord. >> reporter: in some neighborhoods, as our station in atlanta documented, a huge presence. the company claims it has a

. >> reporter: barrac's company merged with another big corporate landlord, now called starwood wayputey operate in at least ten states. in some neighborhoods a huge presence as wsb in atlanta documented. >> critics say you're too big and too distant, you're the ultimate absentee landlord. >> exactly the opposite, exactly. >> reporter: charles young is the chief operating officer of starwood waypoint. >> we are on the ground with dedicated teams, hundreds of them, who are proud what was they do, working with their residents to resolve issues. >> reporter: and in their ads, waypoint features some of their happy customers. >> they've been really great to me and tyler. >> reporter: but reporters and our abc tv stations across the country -- >> it's still dripping right there. >> reporter: heard complaint -- >> a pretty terrible experience with this house. >> reporter: after complaint. >> then absentee landlord at best. >> reporter: tenants who felt powerless against their distant corporate landlords. we've heard a lot of complaints and our stations across the country have about poor servi

interest, helped run what has now grown into a giant cop corporation that operated under the name starwood/waypoint, controlling tens of thousands of single fally rental homes across the country. >> you have the ultimate, out of state, far removed absentee landlord. >> reporter: in some neighborhoods, as our station in atlanta documented, a huge presence. the company claims it has a 99.8% satisfaction rate from its tenants. >> we're bringing professionalism, dedicated resources and a lot of energy and desire to service our residents at a high level. >> reporter: but the better business bureau gives the company a grade of d-plus and reporters at abc tv stations across the country heard lots of complaints. >> we just feel like we have been victimized and taken advantage of. >> reporter: tenants also told us the company is quick to threaten eviction, even if a tenant is only a few days late with the rent. when it happens, they can end up in court and have to pay additional fees and the company's lawyers to stave off eviction. is that true, they have to pay those fees? >> yes, it's true. >> re

. >> reporter: the company, starwood rents tens of thousands of single homes across the country. in some neighborhoods way point has a huge presidentance. an interm survey saying 99.8% satisfaction. >> we are here to provide quality housing for residents, and we take that responsibility very seriously. >> reporter: we've heard a lot of complaints that you're very slow to fix things. the. >> i do not agree with that at all. >> reporter: but waypoint grade of d plus from the better bureau business, citing repair issues and customer service. and we heard much the same thing. >> people don't show up. you sit here all day. >> we've had a pretty terrible experience with this house. we just want to get it over with. >> when i moved in, it was just like this right here. >> reporter: and tenants also told our stations the company is quick to threaten eviction if they are even a few days late with rent, with tenants forced to go to court and then required to pay additional fees and the company's legal coasts if they wa -- costs. >> is that true? >> that's true. it's part of the business. >

russia's ambassador hit back at the criticism from western powers look at starwood news the russian delegation conscientiously participated in all consultations multilateral bilateral consultations those which were designed to bring together the positions of the security council on the extension of the mandate of the joint un o.p.c. w investigative tool to investigate instances of chemical weapons use in syria attempts to portray this in a different manner are nothing but deliberate decision from ation the ruling party and zimbabwe has joined war veterans in calling her president robert mugabe to resign he made his first public appearance since the army takeover on wednesday gabi attended a graduation ceremony in harare is also called for his wife grace to leave the party meanwhile the united states is calling for a return to civilian rule as soon as possible the archon time karni party is searching for a missing submarine with forty four sailors on board they are a san juan a german built submarine was last in contact on wednesday and was headed for a naval base south of argentina to mar del

as you know, i stay there virtually every week at either marriott or starwood now they're under the samerand. and i think that they are going to recognize even more savings, to joe's point, as well as big upside still from here they're buying the 135 calls out in april >> can you imagine the security got doc has to put down? >> this goes back to the conversation the other day about witnessing rolling corrections in the marketplace and finding opportunities of certain things. yesterday i told you there were four or five stocks that i got out of that takes net cash exposure from 10% to 20%, but you find other opportunities like you find here in marriott or you can find in walmart. you're not making an absolute call that the market will go down 5%. >> all right, let's do our blitz now. l brands is the first one beating revenue estimates. it did post a drop in comp store sales. >> this is a tough one and it really is about the gross margins which came in 200 basis points negative versus 125 you're still seeing the discounting in the victoria's secret brand last year they were offering 50% on

marriott starr would is doing just fine -- marriott-starwood is doing just fine. it is important to bear in mind that even this element of asymmetric economic relations has the consent of the cuban government. because for the cuban government, this is not an is not an optimal deal, but it is a much editor deal and not having this. it is what makes this possible to increase the number of visitors as emily indicated, it , makes it possible to develop other economic activity. in a country where the best functioning economic sectors happens to be tourism. the other is the love economy. what that also tells you is that on all of the issues that i am touching, the cuban government may not like some of the new regulations that have gone into affect, or the words that accompany the regulations, but it does not really have a better alternative. what is interesting about the cuban government response, beginning in early 2017 but particularly since june, is how remarkably tame it is and how remarkably moderate it is. it does not have a better response. and this is what makes

. >> reporter: the company starwood way point rents tens of thousands single family homes across theoods as swb found in atlanta waypoint has a huge presence. the company claims an internal survey showing 99.8% satisfaction. >> we are here to provide quality housing for our residents and we take that responsibility very seriously. >> reporter: we've heard a lot of complaints that you're very slow to fix things. >> i do not agree with that at all. >> reporter: waypoint gets a better business bureau citing a pattern of complaints for repair and service issues. in our abc stations across the country, heard much the same thing. >> people don't show up. you sit here all day. >> we've had a pretty terrible experience with this house so we just want to get it over with. >> i moved in, it was just like this right here. >> reporter: tenants also told our stations the company is quick to threaten eviction if they are even a few days late with rent. with tenants forced to go to court and then required to pay additional fees and the company's legal costs if they want to avoid eviction. is that t