Want to Get Richer? 2 REITs To Add to Your Portfolio

Real estate investing is a proven way of steadily growing wealth, if the investments are well chosen and the investor is patient. And you don't have to go buy a shopping center or apartment building to get involved.

A great way for everyday investors to get rich from real estate is to buy real estate investment trusts (REITs). These are companies that buy, sell, and manage pools of properties and have a tax-law obligation to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income in the form of dividends.

There are more than 200 publicly traded REITs. Here are two to consider that are in very different businesses but share this trait: In the past 10 years they've each easily bested the S&P 500 in total return, which combines dividend yield and price growth. They are Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC) in retail and Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) in residential.

Source Fool.com