In fact, some of LTC Properties' larger peers, including Ventas and Welltower, actually ended up cutting their dividends in 2020 as the pandemic hit, so a static dividend perhaps isn't as bad as it sounds. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were created so that individual investors could access institutional-level properties. Not paying attention to dividend growth Inflation is on everyone's mind today because prices for everything from gasoline to food are rising fast.