One of the best ways to protect your portfolio, and generate consistent income is with higher-yielding real estate investment trusts (REITs). In fact, we’re going to look at seven of the best REITs to buy in April below. Look at Realty Income (NYSE:O), for example. Known as The Monthly Dividend Company, Realty Income will pay you every month to hold its stock. Yielding 5.86%, the company just declared a new dividend of 25.7 cents, which is payable on April 15 to shareholders of record as of April 1. This is ...