“Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company^®, is an S&P 500 company dedicated to providing shareholders with dependable monthly income.” — the company slogan

“Realty Income has been paying dependable monthly dividends throughout its 51-year operating history.”

https://www.realtyincome.com/about-realty-income/monthly-dividend-commitment/default.aspx has more details. Looks quite transparent and honest.

https://investmentu.com/realty-income-o-dividend-safety/ is a Oct 2020 analyst review of covid19, positive but not completely biased.

https://www.fool.com/millionacres/real-estate-investing/articles/is-realty-income-a-buy-nov-2020/ is another analyst review during covid19, positive but not completely biased.

• Out of 119 REITs rated by SafetyNet Pro, only 19 receive the highest rating for dividend safety. Realty Income is one of them.
• “a favorite among dividend and REIT investors”
• “generally considered a rock-solid REIT with a long track record of delivering predictably strong profits and growing dividends”
• “these (tenants’) businesses are not easily disrupted by e-commerce competitors and also are quite recession-resistant”
• “has increased its dividend for the past 92 quarters in a row”
• looks like a dividend cash cow, but somehow not mentioned in previous articles about “top 9 dividend stocks”

— Q: dollar allocation?
A: 200 – 5000
— Watch out for infatuation signs
— why rated A without name recognition?

• SP500 status
• 50+ years trec, through booms and busts
• div increment trec
• dividend safety widely scrutinized for years