These REITs have excellent track records of paying a growing dividend. Dividend stocks can be excellent long-term investments. Over the last 50 years, the average dividend stock has outperformed the equal-weighed S&P 500 index, with the best total returns coming from dividend growers. REITs tend to be great dividend growth stocks. Agree Realty (ADC 0.20%), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR 0.56%), and Invitation Homes (INVH 0.03%) are among the many REITs with excellent records of steadily increasing their di ...