This Bloomin' REIT Delivers Some Appetizing Dividends
Published Jul 30, 2012 on Seeking Alpha

The ingredients for finding a great REIT are summed up with two words: dividend consistency. These core ingredients - made up of repeatable sources of income - are also pivotal for building a premium fixed-income portfolio and the secret sauce for investing is summed up by Warren Buffett: Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business National Retail Properties, Inc. National Retail Properties (NNN) is a leading triple-net REIT based in Orlando, Florida. A few days ago (July 16, 2012) National Retail declared a quarterly dividend of 39.5 cents per share (payable August 15, 2012) and that dividend (annualized at $1.58 per share) marks the twenty-third consecutive year that the company has paid increased annual dividends per share. National Retail is one of only four publicly traded REITs and 104 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for... Read more