With interest rates at historically low levels and likely going lower, REITs are paying attractive dividends. In fact, they pay the type of dividends that used to be available in the bond market.
While a 5% dividend won’t get you all the way to easy street, it is a far cry from the 1.5% Treasury yields pay right now.
And 5% is what the best REIT available today pays investors who buy the stock now.