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REITs: You Can Own Skyscrapers, Too!

April 17, 2017 by Linda Vaughn
Boston skyline

  The takeaway:  Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) let you own commercial real estate.  You don’t have to be a real estate mogul to play with the big “boys.” $$$ Fifty-five years ago, my parents purchased their dream home for $63,000.  Today that house sells for $800,000.  That’s a return rate of 5% a year.  During this … [Read more…]

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