You don’t need a down payment or a landlord’s headaches to own a slice of real estate. A REIT lets you buy it like a stock — and collect the rent.
Owning real estate usually means a huge down payment, a mortgage, and 2am calls about a broken water heater. There’s a way to own income-producing property without any of that — for the price of a single share. It’s called a REIT.
— Educational, not financial advice.