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1 Top Dividend Stock to Buy Without Hesitation for a Lifetime of Passive Income

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Realty Income (NYSE: O) has been a reliable investment in its 30 years as a public company.

The real estate investment trust (REIT) has delivered positive earnings growth in 29 of those 30 years .

The REIT started as a REIT focused on investing in freestanding net-lease retail retail properties in the U.S. It has also expanded into gaming ( $2 billion ), data centers ( $300 million ), and credit investments ( $1.7 billion ).

The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now and Realty Income wasn’t one of them.

The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years .

Consider when Netflix made this list in 2004 ... if you invested $ 1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $ 614,911 !.

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