Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 27, 2012, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (the "Company") filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement, relating to the resale of 10,917 shares of the Company's common stock by the "selling stockholders" named therein. The Company is filing this current report on Form 8-K to provide the opinion, dated November 27, 2012, of its counsel, Venable LLP, regarding the legality of the shares of common stock covered by the prospectus supplement. The opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference and is also hereby being filed as an exhibit to, and is hereby incorporated by reference in, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-183230.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 5.1 Opinion of Venable LLP, with respect to the legality of the securities being registered. 23.1 Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).