Realty Income: The Undisputed Heavyweight Champion

Wavebreakmedia/iStock via Getty Images I first heard about Realty Income (NYSE:O) in the 2000s when I was a commercial real estate developer. At the time, I was building stores for companies like Blockbuster Video and Econo Lube n Tune. As a merchant developer, I was always looking for someone to buy my properties, and Realty Income was a buyer of choice. Every year I would travel to Las Vegas for the annual shopping center trade show known as ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) to meet with Re ...