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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO</P>

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August 28, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Monmouth
Real Estate Investment Corporation</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></U></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">001-33177</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">22-1897375</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Commission File</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 65%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Juniper Business Plaza, Suite 3-C</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">3499 Route 9 North</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Freehold, New Jersey</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">07728</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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577-9996&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P>

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Applicable&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P>

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Since Last Report)</P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: black">On August
28, 2012, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) a prospectus supplement, relating to the resale of 775,302 shares of the
Company&rsquo;s common stock by the &ldquo;selling stockholders&rdquo; named therein. The Company </FONT>is filing this
current report on Form 8-K to provide the opinion, dated <FONT STYLE="color: black">August 28, 2012, </FONT>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&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-183230.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">(d)</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Exhibits.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; text-align: center; padding-top: 0">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">5.1</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Opinion of Venable LLP, with respect to the legality of the
        securities being registered.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>23.1</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">Dated:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%">August 28, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kevin Miller</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Kevin Miller</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; text-align: center">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">5.1</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Opinion of Venable LLP, with respect to the legality of the
        securities being registered.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">23.1</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; padding: 0">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).</P></TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 28, 2012
Monmouth
Real Estate Investment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Maryland
001-33177
22-1897375
(State or other jurisdiction
Commission File
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
Number)
Identification No.)
Juniper Business Plaza, Suite 3-C
3499 Route 9 North
Freehold, New Jersey
07728
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(732)
577-9996
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed
Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
Other Events.
On August
28, 2012, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (the "Company") filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") a prospectus supplement, relating to the resale of 775,302 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
August 28, 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).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation
Dated:
August 28, 2012
By:
/s/ Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
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).