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Nasrudithlast Friday at 8:01 AM1 replyview on HN

Have you seen the taxes for REITs? They are complicated and often taxed as ordinary income instead of capital gains. I have heard recommendations to only use them in Roth IRAs.


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icedchailast Friday at 12:37 PM

I have a bunch of REITs in my "dividend" portfolio. This is true, most of the dividends are not qualified.