On today's show we speak to Abigail McCarthy,  Senior Vice President of investment affairs & investor education for Nareit, the national, not-for-profit trade association of the real estate investment trust (REIT) and publicly traded real estate industry.  As an investment affairs and education authority on REITS, Abigail outlines the fundamentals of what this investment type is and how you can. incorporate it into your overall investment strategy in an effort to diversity and spread out your risk across your investments.