Income investors often have to make trade-offs. They might give up a more attractive dividend yield for lower portfolio risk or vice versa. But such trade-offs aren't always necessary.

Some stocks offer great yields and aren't inordinately risky. Here are three of the best high-yield dividend stocks to buy in February.

When I think of low-risk dividend stocks, Easterly Government Properties (NYSE: DEA) immediately comes to mind. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that leases nearly all of its properties to the U.S. government. 

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