For investors saving for or living in retirement, dividend paying stocks have a lot going for them. While you're building your nest egg, the cash those dividends generate can be reinvested in new opportunities to help drive potential long-term growth. Once you're retired, those cash flows can help support more immediate needs.

With that in mind, three Motley Fool contributors went searching for strong dividend paying stocks that they'd be willing to hold while building retirement-focused accounts. They picked Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN). Read on to find out why, and decide for yourself whether one or more of them may deserve a spot in your long-term portfolio.

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