Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LANDY EUGENE W
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORP [MNR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3499 RT. 9 NORTH, SUITE 3-C
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2012
(Street)

FREEHOLD, NJ 07728
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
MNR Common Stock               719,041.647 D  
MNR Common Stock               24,828.1683 I Juniper Plaza Associates
MNR Common Stock               19,152.3627 I Windsor Industrial Park Associates
MNR Common Stock               150,913.571 I Spouse
MNR Common Stock               192,293.62 I Landy & Landy Employees' Pension Plan
MNR Common Stock               234,426.819 I Landy & Landy Employees' Profit Sharing Plan
MNR Common Stock               111,200 I Eugene W. and Gloria Landy Family Foundation
MNR Common Stock               13,048 I Landy Investments, Ltd.

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 9.33 01/03/2012   A   65,000 (1)   01/03/2013 01/03/2020 MNR Common Stock 65,000 $ 9.33 65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.72             01/03/2012 01/03/2019 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 7.22             01/05/2011 01/05/2018 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 7.25             10/20/2009 10/20/2016 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.22             12/12/2008 12/12/2015 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.7             09/21/2006 09/21/2013 MNR Common Stock 16,375   16,375 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.05             01/22/2008 01/22/2015 MNR Common Stock 16,375   16,375 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.15             08/02/2007 08/02/2014 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 7.89             08/03/2005 08/03/2012 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  
Qualified Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock $ 8.28             08/10/2006 08/10/2013 MNR Common Stock 65,000   65,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LANDY EUGENE W
3499 RT. 9 NORTH
SUITE 3-C
FREEHOLD, NJ 07728
  X   X   President  

Signatures

 Eugene W. Landy   01/04/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) New stock option granted on January 3, 2012 for 65,000 shares of MNR Common Stock.

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