Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Real Estate Investment Trusts, commonly referred to as REITs, are special types of corporations that are federally obligated to invest only in real estate.

As long as REITs pay out at least 90% of their earnings in the form of dividends, the companies are not required to pay income taxes. Generally, REITs can be divided into two categories: equity (which own physical properties) and mortage (which invest in mortgages).

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Stock Symbol	Company Name	DARS™ Rating [?]	Dividend Yield**	Current Price*	Annualized Dividend	Ex-Div Date	Pay Date
AAT	American Assets Trust, Inc.	Login/Signup for Ratings	2.61%	32.19	0.84	6/12/2013	6/28/2013
ACC	American Campus Communities	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.65%	39.44	1.44	5/14/2013	5/30/2013
ACRE	Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	6.38%	15.67	1.00	6/26/2013	7/18/2013
ADC	Agree Realty Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	5.17%	31.75	1.64	6/26/2013	7/9/2013
AEC	Associated Estates Realty Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	4.74%	16.05	0.76	4/11/2013	5/1/2013
AGNC	American Capital Agency	Login/Signup for Ratings	16.57%	25.34	4.20	6/26/2013	7/26/2013
AHT	Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.48%	13.79	0.48	6/26/2013	7/15/2013
AHT-E	Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc 9.00% Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock	Login/Signup for Ratings	8.33%	27.00	2.25	6/26/2013	7/15/2013
AIV	Apartment Investment & Management Co.	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.32%	28.88	0.96	5/15/2013	5/31/2013
AIV-Z	Apartment Investment and Management Company Class Z Cumulative Preferred Stock	Login/Signup for Ratings	6.74%	25.96	1.75	6/27/2013	7/15/2013
AKR	Acadia Realty Trust	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.26%	25.77	0.84	6/26/2013	7/15/2013
ALX	Alexander's Inc.	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.62%	304.00	11.00	5/9/2013	5/23/2013
AMRE	AmREIT Inc	Login/Signup for Ratings	4.08%	19.61	0.80	6/14/2013	6/28/2013
AMT	American Tower Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	1.40%	77.29	1.08	6/13/2013	7/16/2013
ARCT	American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.	Login/Signup for Ratings	5.38%	13.01	0.70	1/4/2013	1/15/2013
ARE	Alexandria Real Estate Equities	Login/Signup for Ratings	3.82%	68.09	2.60	6/26/2013	7/15/2013
ARE-E	Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Pfd Ser E	Login/Signup for Ratings	6.13%	26.31	1.61	6/26/2013	7/15/2013
ARI	Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.	Login/Signup for Ratings	9.42%	16.98	1.60	6/26/2013	7/12/2013
ARR	ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc.	Login/Signup for Ratings	17.32%	4.85	0.84	7/11/2013	7/30/2013
ARR-A	Armour Residential REIT INC Preferred Series A	Login/Signup for Ratings	8.23%	25.04	2.06	7/11/2013	7/29/2013

* Stock Price shown is previous day's closing price.
** Dividend yield is calculated from Dividend Payout and previous day's closing price.

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