Over 80 million Americans are invested in #REITs, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who can explain these complex structures simply. We propose one simple metric to be the ultimate measure of REIT success - how many years in a row has the REIT increased their dividend? It's a measure of how disciplined and risk-averse a REIT management team is, not to mention it benefits investors who can count on a growing stream of income over time. We identify six REITs that have increased dividends for at least 25 years or more - Realty Income $O, Federal Realty Investment Trust $FRT, Essex Property Trust $ESS, Universal Health Realty Income Trust $UHT, National Retail Properties $NNN, and W.P. Carey $WPC. We'll walk you through the process of how we select the best three REITs for beginner investors to own.

RESEARCH PIECES USED IN THIS VIDEO:
1. Quantigence – A Dividend Growth Investing Strategy
https://www.nanalyze.com/dividend-growth-investing-strategy/
2. Investing in Big Data with Data Center REITs
https://www.nanalyze.com/2022/06/investing-data-center-reits/
3. The Smaller the Stock, the Bigger the Risk
https://www.nanalyze.com/2022/01/smaller-stock-bigger-risk/

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:04 How do REITs work?
02:24 Why we own REITs
04:27 Many types of complex REITs
06:10 The problem with debt
07:57 What REIT success looks like
12:09 REIT dividend champions
13:55 Geographic concentration risk
15:17 Triple-net REITs
17:34 Realty Income $O plays defense
19:53 W.P. Carey $WPC comes out
21:33 Just say not to $NNN
22:22 Other champion REITs
23:59 The REITs we hold
26:49 Conclusion

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