REIT

Landlord investment vehicle

A REIT (real estate investment trust) is a company that owns, operates, or finances income-producing real estate.

REITs allow individual investors to earn dividends from real estate without buying property themselves: She put money in a REIT focused on apartment buildings.

They trade on major exchanges like stocks and must distribute most of their taxable income to shareholders.

property

real estate

Land and its structures

commercialPaid broadcast promotion
residentialRelating to housing
industrialOf factories and production

retail · office · healthcare · hospitality · data center · self-storage · timberland · farmland · infrastructure · mixed-use

investment

Units of company ownership

unitsStandard measures of quantity
dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
yieldProduce or relinquish

income · distribution · payout · quarterly · returns · appreciation · growth · NAV · market cap · IPO

structure

trust

Confidence in another

fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
trusteeOne managing another's assets
beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver

shareholder · pass-through · tax-advantaged · private · hybrid · sponsor · management · diversified

market

index

Alphabetical guide to contents

S&PMajor stock index
sectorDistinct division of whole
NYSELargest equities market

performance · benchmark · correlation · volatility · institutional · retail investor · earnings call · guidance

valuation

NAV

Per-share fund worth

occupancy rateProportion of used capacity
debt-to-equityBorrowed funds versus ownership
leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns

dividend yield · total return · premium · discount · appraisal

REIT

real estate

shares

trust

index

NAV

REIT

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