Dividend growth stocks have a knack for delivering sizzling total returns. Over the last 50 years, Dividend growers in the S 500 managed average annual total returns of 10.2%, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds. That has easily outpaced the broader market's 7.7% average annual total return during the same timeframe.

Three Motley Fool contributors were asked to suggest some examples of these dividend stocks that can add some steady sizzle to your returns. They came back with Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI),  (NASDAQ: EQIX), and NNN REIT (NYSE: NNN). All three are real estate investment trusts (REITs) and all three have excellent track records of steadily increasing payouts.

Here's what these Motley Fool contributors had to say about the stocks and about why their dividends should continue rising. 

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