These Real Estate Trends Aren't Going Away: How You Can Profit
Real estate investments have a long history in this country of moving independently of the stock market, which sounds like a pretty good thing right about now.
But investing directly in real estate can be expensive, time-consuming, and complicated, especially compared to the low cost of entry, transparency, and liquidity of simply buying stocks.
Here's a good compromise: Consider buying some of the 225 or so publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). These pools of income-producing properties are required by law to pay out most of their taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends, providing even more buffer against the vicissitudes of a reeling market.
Source Fool.com
