Investing term

What is Realty Income (O)?

A US REIT that owns ~15,000 single-tenant retail properties and is famous for paying a monthly dividend that has grown for over 25 years.

Realty Income is a large US real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns thousands of single-tenant commercial properties and is known for paying a dividend every month — and raising it for decades. It's often cited as an example of how a REIT turns rent from real estate into a steady, growing income stream for shareholders who don't want to own property directly.

For example

Instead of buying a rental property, an investor buys Realty Income shares and collects a monthly dividend drawn from its thousands of tenants' rent.

Realty Income (O) is taught hands-on in Stage 19 — Beyond Stocks.

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