Buy These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Today and Sleep Soundly for a Decade

If you're looking for high-yield dividend stocks, one of the best places to start your search is in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. This corporate structure is specifically designed to pass income on to shareholders via large dividend payments.But not all REITs are the same. Net lease REITs like Realty Income (NYSE: O), W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC), and NNN REIT (NYSE: NNN) are some of the safest income choices around. Here's why this trio could help you sleep soundly for a decade, or more, while you collect big dividend checks.If you owned a rental property, you would collect the rent, but you'd be responsible for the maintenance of the property and the taxes, among other things. That's pretty normal, but net lease REITs have leases that require their tenants to pay for most property-level operating costs. That may sound odd and perhaps even undesirable for the tenant, but it's actually a win/win for both the landlord and the lessee.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool