Market breadth indicators show real estate equities maintaining a positive advance-decline ratio over the past three weeks, hinting at sustained capital inflow. Investing in real estate currently offers a favorable risk-reward setup. The REIT pays out around 70% of its cash flow in dividends each year, retaining the rest to invest in additional income-producing experiential properties. It currently plans to invest between $200 million and $300 million each year. It acquires properties and invests in experiential build-to-suit development and redevelopment projects. EPR has already committed to investing $109 million into projects it expects to fund over the next 18 months. “Nope, you’re going to pay for it, and maybe the renters pay you,” Ramsey said. “That’s how it works in the real world … This idea that you’re going to build a portfolio of heavily debt-ridden real estate and the renters are all going to make you rich is so freaking laughable that it makes my head spin.” Bloomberg data highlights that REIT sector ETFs delivered a 7.4% annualized return over the past 12 months. Investing in real estate has been gaining traction among dividend-focused portfolios, beating fixed-income yields in real terms.