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Want to be a real estate mogul but without the hassle of directly owning property?
Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, offer a simpler — and safer — way to reap the benefits of a diversified real estate portfolio through owning shares of a portfolio of property.
REITs, which are publicly traded on stock exchanges, are trusts that own properties like apartments, office buildings, hotels, warehouses, shopping centers, and health care facilities (such as hospitals and nursing homes). Most, but not all, operate these properties, too. About 10 percent of REITs are mortgage.

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