Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were created more than 60 years ago by federal legislation that provided corporate tax pass-throughs to companies that shared the wealth by paying out most of their profits to shareholders.
The idea was to make real estate investing accessible to anyone who could afford the price of a share of their stock. The industry has grown ever since, with more than 225 publicly traded REITs now involved in a wide array of businesses.
Here are some you might not expect.
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