The is where fortunes have long been made and lost and made again, and over the long run, the companies on that tech-heavy exchange have proven to be solid investments, especially for those who have bought and held such titans as  and Amazon, or index funds that follow the Nasdaq in various iterations.

But you don't have to focus on tech to see such returns. There are some staid real estate investment trusts (REITs) that have performed just as well, including Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR).

The self-storage REIT lays claim to being the country's second-largest owner and/or operator of such properties, with about 1.7 million units across 2,388 locations, and it's the largest self-storage management company when you focus just on the facilities it operates under contract for third-party owners.

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