REIT investing is something 80 million Americans dabble in, 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 the best REITs - 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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