Chilton Capital Management On The Top Ten REIT Achievements of the Decade

As growth stocks such as Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple dominate the headlines, it is easy to overlook the more traditional classes of Investments such as real estate investment trust, or REITs. A real estate investment trust is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. To qualify for REIT status, the entity has to distribute 90% of its taxable income to shareholders annually in the form of dividends. The income and defensive qualities of REITs mean they are generally thought of as low growth, income investments. However, since the financial crisis, the REIT sector has…