Is your principle guaranteed if you buy a reit (real estate investment trust?

No. REIT is just a company that invests in real estate (operating REIT) or motrgages (mortgage REIT). The only way in which REITs are different from other companies is that REITs' profits are not taxed at the corporate level as long as they pay out at least 90% of their net income.

Not unless you have a contract that says so. A REIT is like any other corporation, the stockholders bear the primary risk that the investment will fail.

I assume you meant principal. Your principles are guaranteed as long as you stick to them.

Easy and short answer:

NO.

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