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A REIT for Your Sweet: This Stock Will Keep on Giving for Years
Gifting your significant other like royalty with shares of Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS) can be a good investment in your personal and financial futures. Essex is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of about 250 apartment communities with about 60,000 units along the West Coast, focused on Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, and metropolitan Seattle. Essex is a Dividend Aristocrat, an exclusive club of S&P 500 stocks that have increased their dividends every year for at least 25 years.
