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My First REIT Teaching beginners how to buy their first REIT ๐Ÿข
Start building wealth with us! Welcome to My First REIT Club! Current members are our Founding Members.

This is a beginner-friendly community created to help everyday people learn how to start investing in real estate through REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). Whether youโ€™re starting with a little or just trying to understand how it all works, this club will guide you step by step. Inside this club, youโ€™ll learn:
๏ฟฝ What REITs are
๏ฟฝ How to buy your first REIT
๏ฟฝ How to build wealth over time
๏ฟฝ How to think like an owner, not just a consumer

Our goal is simple: to teach ownership, build financial confidence, and help change family legacies one investment at a time. New memberships and special trainings will be announced soon. Letโ€™s build together.

09/14/2026

Moneshia Perkins Rn

09/14/2026

โ›ณ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŽข WHO OWNS THE PLACES WHERE WE PLAY? I Do!! And you can too!

Have you ever spent money at Topgolf, AMC, Regal, Main Event, Six Flags or 24 Hour Fitness?

Hereโ€™s something you may not know,

A publicly traded real-estate investment trust called EPR Properties owns or finances real estate connected to many of these familiar destinations.

Ticker symbol EPR

EPR is called an experiential REIT because it invests in places people visit for entertainment, recreation, fitness and memorable experiences.

Its portfolio includes properties associated with recognizable names such as:

โ›ณ Topgolf
๐ŸŽณ Main Event Entertainment
๐ŸŽ๏ธ Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
๐Ÿช‚ iFLY Indoor Skydiving
๐ŸŽฌ AMC Theatres
๐ŸŽฌ Regal
๐ŸŽฌ Cinemark
๐Ÿฟ Alamo Drafthouse
๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ 24 Hour Fitness
โ›ท๏ธ Vail Resorts-operated properties
๐ŸŽฐ Resorts World

In 2026, EPR also purchased seven major amusement and water-park properties:

๐ŸŽข Worlds of Fun
๐ŸŽข Valleyfair
๐ŸŽข Michiganโ€™s Adventure
๐ŸŽข Six Flags St. Louis
๐ŸŽข Six Flags Great Escape
๐ŸŒŠ Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston
๐ŸŽก La Ronde in Montreal

Now, let me make an important distinction,
EPR does not own the Topgolf, AMC, Regal or Six Flags operating companies. It owns or finances specific real estate used by these businesses and collects rent or financing income.

As of June 30, 2026, EPR reported approximately 346 locations operated by 62 different operators across 43 states and Canada.

๐Ÿ’ฐ DOES EPR PAY A DIVIDEND?

Yes. EPR currently pays its common shareholders a dividend every month.

Its latest declared dividend is:

๐Ÿ’ต $0.31 per share each month
๐Ÿ’ต $3.72 per share annually if the current rate continues

At an approximate share price of $59.18, a $1,000 investment could purchase about 16.9 fractional shares and potentially generate approximately:

๐Ÿ’ต $5.24 per month
๐Ÿ’ต $62.86 per year

These are estimates. Share prices and dividend payments can change, and dividends are never guaranteed.

โš ๏ธ WHAT ARE THE RISKS?

EPRโ€™s income depends on people continuing to spend money on movies, recreation, travel and entertainment. Its risks include:

โ€ข Financial trouble affecting major tenants
โ€ข Changes in consumer entertainment spending
โ€ข High interest rates and borrowing costs
โ€ข Concentration in movie-theater properties
โ€ข Dividends being reduced or suspended

In fact, EPR suspended its common dividend during the COVID-19 shutdowns. That history matters because it shows why a monthly dividend should never be confused with a guaranteed dividend.

The lesson is not go buy EPR.

The lesson is that when you spend money at Topgolf, AMC, Regal, Main Event or an amusement park, there may be another company behind the scenes owning the real estate and collecting the rent.

You can enjoy the experience as a customer or learn how shareholders participate through the landlord.

That landlord is EPR Properties, ticker symbol EPR.

Verified as of September 14, 2026.

This information is for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, and this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any investment.

Inez โ€œTootieโ€ Adkins
My First REIT

09/14/2026

๐ŸŽฐ๐Ÿจ WHO OWNS LAS VEGAS? I do & you can too!!!

When you see Caesars Palace, MGM Grand or the Venetian, you may assume the casino companies own everything.

But here is something many people donโ€™t know:

A publicly traded REIT called VICI Properties owns some of the most recognizable real estate in Las Vegas.

Ticker symbol, VICI

VICI owns real estate connected to properties including:

๐ŸŽฐ Caesars Palace
๐Ÿ›ถ The Venetian Resort, including The Palazzo and Venezia
๐Ÿฆ MGM Grand
๐Ÿ–๏ธ Mandalay Bay
๐ŸŽฒ Harrahโ€™s Las Vegas

Hereโ€™s how it works
VICI owns the real estate, while companies such as Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts operate the casinos and resorts.

Those operators pay rent to VICI under longterm leases. Many are triple net leases, meaning the operator is generally responsible for property taxes, insurance, maintenance and other property expenses.

VICI doesnโ€™t depend on whether one particular visitor wins or loses at a slot machine. Its business is primarily collecting rent from the companies operating these properties.

๐Ÿ’ฐ DOES VICI PAY A DIVIDEND?

Yes. VICI currently pays dividends quarterly four times per year.

Its usual payment months are
โœ… January
โœ… April
โœ… July
โœ… October

VICIโ€™s latest declared quarterly dividend is $0.46 per share, or $1.84 annually per share if that rate continues for four quarters.

At an approximate share price of $24.83, a $1,000 investment could purchase about 40.27 fractional shares and generate approximately:

๐Ÿ’ต $18.52 per quarter
๐Ÿ’ต $74.10 per year

That is an estimate not a guarantee. Share prices and dividends can change.

โš ๏ธ WHAT ARE THE RISKS?

VICI owns valuable real estate, but that does not make the investment risk-free.

Its risks include
โ€ข Heavy dependence on major tenants such as Caesars and MGM
โ€ข Changes in tourism and gaming revenue
โ€ข Interest rates and borrowing costs
โ€ข A substantial amount of company debt
โ€ข The possibility of dividends being reduced or suspended

The lesson isnโ€™t go buy VICI.

The lesson is that real estate ownership doesnโ€™t always require buying an entire house, hotel or casino yourself.

Through a publicly traded REIT, everyday investors can potentially own a small piece of real estate connected to some of the most famous destinations in Las Vegas.

So the next time you walk through Caesars Palace, MGM Grand or the Venetian, remember:

Someone is operating the casino but someone else may own the real estate and collect the rent.

That someone is VICI Properties, and its shareholders participate through ticker symbol VICI.

Verified September 14, 2026.

This information is for educational purposes only. I am not a financial advisor, and this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any investment.

Inez โ€œTootieโ€ Adkins
My First REIT

09/14/2026

Kay Gee

09/13/2026

๐Ÿข๐Ÿ’ฐ MY FIRST REIT: WHEN DO YOU WANT TO GET PAID?

Did you know some REITs pay dividends every month instead of every three months?

Most publicly traded REITs pay quarterly, but the following REITs currently make monthly distributions to common shareholders:

๐Ÿช O โ€” Realty Income
Freestanding retail and commercial properties

๐Ÿ›’ ADC โ€” Agree Realty
Retail properties leased to major companies

๐Ÿจ APLE โ€” Apple Hospitality REIT
Mostly Marriott- and Hilton-branded hotels

๐ŸŽฌ EPR โ€” EPR Properties
Movie theaters, attractions and other experience-based properties

๐Ÿฅ LTC โ€” LTC Properties
Senior housing and skilled-nursing properties

๐Ÿญ GOOD โ€” Gladstone Commercial
Primarily industrial and net-leased commercial properties

๐Ÿข MDV โ€” Modiv Industrial
Single-tenant industrial and manufacturing properties

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ UDR โ€” UDR, Inc.
Apartment communities

๐Ÿฉบ DOC โ€” Healthpeak Properties
Outpatient medical buildings and lab properties

Now letโ€™s talk about a different kind of REIT:

๐Ÿฆ AGNC โ€” AGNC Investment
๐Ÿฆ EFC โ€” Ellington Financial
๐Ÿฆ ORC โ€” Orchid Island Capital

These are mortgage REITs. They invest in or finance mortgages and mortgage-related assets instead of primarily owning buildings. They may offer larger dividends, but they also carry differentโ€”and often greaterโ€”risks involving debt, leverage and interest rates.

โš ๏ธ IMPORTANT:

Getting paid monthly does not automatically make a REIT better or safer. Dividend amounts can be reduced, suspended or changed, and a high dividend yield can sometimes be a warning sign.

Here is something else I discovered during my research:

๐Ÿ”„ UDR and Healthpeak, ticker DOC, moved to monthly payments in 2026.

๐Ÿ”„ STAG Industrial and SL Green, ticker SLG, moved from monthly payments to quarterly payments in 2026.

That means some of the โ€œmonthly dividend REITโ€ lists circulating online are already outdated.

This is educationโ€”not a recommendation to buy any particular investment. Always research what the company owns, how the dividend is funded and what risks come with it.

Next, Iโ€™m going to show you how quarterly-paying REITs can be combined so that you may still receive REIT dividends during every month of the year.

Verified as of September 13, 2026. Dividend policies can change.

Inez โ€œTootieโ€ Adkins
My First REIT

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08/22/2026

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ WELCOME TO MY FIRST REIT!

I see all of my new followers coming in, and I am SO excited to have you here! โค๏ธ

If you're ready to buy your first REIT, your very first step is simple:

YOU NEED A BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.

A brokerage account is the account you use to buy and hold investments like stocks and publicly traded REITs.

Think of it like this:

๐Ÿฆ Your bank account holds your cash.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Your brokerage account is where you buy and hold your investments.

You can open a brokerage account with companies such as Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Vanguard, E*TRADE and other established brokerage firms.

Once your account is open:

1๏ธโƒฃ Connect your bank account.

2๏ธโƒฃ Transfer in the amount you want to invest.

3๏ธโƒฃ Search for the REIT by its ticker symbol.

For example:

๐Ÿญ Rexford Industrial Realty โ€” REXR

๐Ÿ“ฆ Prologis โ€” PLD

4๏ธโƒฃ Decide how much YOU want to invest.

5๏ธโƒฃ Review everything carefully before you hit BUY.

And depending on your brokerage, you may be able to purchase fractional shares, which means you may not even need enough money to buy one whole share.

You do NOT need thousands or millions of dollars to START learning about real-estate investing.

Start where YOU are.

And once you own your REIT, we're going to talk about one of my favorite partsโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ฐ DIVIDENDS!

Some of my First REITers are already receiving theirs!

And remember, when those dividends come in, you may be able to:

๐Ÿ’ต Take them as cash

OR

๐Ÿ”„ Turn on DRIP, Dividend Reinvestment and automatically use those dividends to buy additional shares.

But FIRST THINGS FIRSTโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ  OPEN THAT BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.

Then come back here, because I'm going to walk my new First REITers through this one step at a time.

Welcome to My First REIT! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“ˆ

From STAKEHOLDERS โžก๏ธ to SHAREHOLDERS.

Financial education only. I am not telling you what to buy. Research every investment and make decisions based on your own financial circumstances.

08/21/2026

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ WAITโ€ฆYOU MEAN SOME OF Y'ALL NOW OWN PROPERTY'S RIGHT HERE IN COMPTON?! ๐Ÿ‘€

YES! ๐Ÿ˜‚

My First REITers have been learning, researching, buying shares, receiving dividends and some are even reinvesting those dividends.

So let's bring WHO OWNS COMPTON? back for a minute and look at some REAL Compton properties. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿญ REXFORD INDUSTRIAL REALTY (Ticker REXR)

๐Ÿ“ 1420 McKinley Avenue
๐Ÿ“ 2020 Central Avenue
๐Ÿ“ 3131 Harcourt Street

If you own shares of REXR, you own shares in the REIT whose portfolio includes these Compton properties. So YES you own these!!

๐Ÿ’ฐ REXR: approximately $37 per share as of 8/21/26

WAITโ€ฆWHAT?! ๐Ÿ‘€

We're talking about real estate companies with MILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars in real estate and you don't need millions of dollars to become a shareholder? NOPE

One share of REXR is currently around $37.

Now THAT'S why I wanted y'all to learn about REITs! ๐Ÿ˜‚

And Rexford isn't the only oneโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“ฆ PROLOGIS (Ticker PLD)

Look at these Compton addressesโฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ 303โ€“333 W. Artesia Boulevard
๐Ÿ“ 737 W. Artesia Boulevard
๐Ÿ“ 800 W. Artesia Boulevard
๐Ÿ“ 801 W. Artesia Boulevard
๐Ÿ“ 601 W. Carob Street
๐Ÿ“ 775 W. Manville Street

๐Ÿ’ฐ PLD: approximately $141 per share as of 8/21/26

Recognize some of those streets? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜‚

And here's what I REALLY want you to understand......

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP.

You don't have to buy the whole warehouse.

You don't have to buy the shopping center.

You don't have to come up with the millions of dollars these properties can cost.

With a REIT, you're purchasing shares in the company and its overall realestate portfolio.

And depending on your brokerage account, fractional shares may even allow you to start with LESS than the price of one full share.

Now here's another part I loveโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ’ฐ THE DIVIDENDS!

REITs are designed to distribute income to their shareholders. To qualify as a REIT, a company generally must distribute at least 90% of its taxable income annually TO US, YES YOU & I THE SHAREHOLDERS!!!

And some of my First REITers have ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR DIVIDENDS! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜‚

You may choose to receive those dividends as cash, OR, when available through your brokerage account, turn on Dividend Reinvestment and automatically use those dividends to purchase additional shares or fractional shares. You'll literally be buying shares & making $$ while you SLEEP ๐Ÿ˜ด

Now let's talk about a property everybody in Compton knowsโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ›๏ธ GATEWAY TOWNE CENTER

๐Ÿ“ Artesia & Alameda

Yep. THAT Gateway. ๐Ÿ‘€

Gateway is connected to the CLPF Gateway Towne Center LP / Clarion Partners institutional REIT realestate investment structure.

๐Ÿงฑ THE COMPTON BRICKYARD

๐Ÿ“ 1701 N. Central Avenue
๐Ÿ“ 1430 N. McKinley Avenue

The nearly 1 MILLION-square-foot Brickyard was involved in a reported $412 MILLION transaction in 2026 involving Clarion Partners.

$412 MILLION. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Now compare that number with what we just learned.

You don't have $412 million?

ME NEITHER! ๐Ÿ˜‚

That's the beauty of learning about REITs.

๐Ÿ“ˆ REXR โ€” publicly traded approximately $37/share
๐Ÿ“ˆ PLD โ€” publicly traded approximately $141/share
๐Ÿ” Gateway โ€” (Ask me how)
๐Ÿ” Brickyard โ€” (Ask me how)

And remember buying one share does NOT mean somebody is mailing you a tiny deed to a warehouse. ๐Ÿ˜‚

You're buying shares in the REIT, whose portfolio includes these Compton properties.

So some of my First REITers can literally drive through Compton, look at one of these properties and say..

I own shares in the company whose portfolio includes THAT property AND THEY PAY ME FOR IT! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ

You don't have to be a millionaire to start learning about ownership.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW OWNERSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.

That's why I started My First REIT. โค๏ธ

From STAKEHOLDERS โžก๏ธ to SHAREHOLDERS.

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ MY FIRST REIT

Share prices change throughout the trading day. Prices shown are approximate as of 8/21/26. Financial education only. Nothing I share is a recommendation to buy or sell an investment. Always do your own research.

08/21/2026

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ฐ WAIT A MINUTEโ€ฆY'ALL GETTING PAID NOW?! ๐Ÿ˜‚

YES!

Some of my First REITers have officially started receiving DIVIDENDS from REITs they've invested in! ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Now before anybody gets carried away ๐Ÿ˜‚ I'm not saying quit your job tomorrow.

But I AM sayingโ€ฆ

YOUR INVESTMENT PAID YOU. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ฐ

And here's the part I want my First REITers to understand:

When that dividend comes in, you generally have TWO choices depending on your brokerage and investment

๐Ÿ’ต TAKE THE CASH
Your dividend can remain as cash in your brokerage account, where you can withdraw it or use it however you choose.

ORโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ”„ TURN ON DRIP. Dividend Reinvestment

Instead of taking the dividend as cash, you can have it automatically reinvested into additional shares including fractional shares when available of that investment.

So imagine this:

๐Ÿ  You own shares
โฌ‡๏ธ
๐Ÿ’ฐ Those shares pay a dividend
โฌ‡๏ธ
๐Ÿ”„ You reinvest that dividend
โฌ‡๏ธ
๐Ÿ“ˆ It buys more shares
โฌ‡๏ธ
๐Ÿ’ฐ Those additional shares may earn future dividends too!

And you didn't have to remember to go back and buy them.

IT HAPPENED AUTOMATICALLY. ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ˜‚

That's the power of compounding over TIME.

And yes you can absolutely choose the CASH. Sometimes cash is exactly what somebody wants or needs.

The lesson isn't โ€œEverybody turn on DRIP.โ€

The lesson is THIS!

KNOW YOUR OPTIONS.

๐Ÿ’ต Take your dividend as cash.

OR

๐Ÿ”„ Reinvest it and continue building your position.

Your money. Your goals. Your decision.

But First REITersโ€ฆ

Y'ALL GETTING PAID NOW?! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’ฐ

I LOVE IT!

From STAKEHOLDERS โžก๏ธ SHAREHOLDERS โžก๏ธ DIVIDEND RECEIVERS.

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“ˆ MY FIRST REIT

Financial education only. Dividend payment and reinvestment options vary by brokerage and investment. Always research investments and make decisions based on your individual goals.

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