Realty Income Corporation (nyse|O) is a real estate investment trust known as The Monthly Dividend Company® for its practice of paying investor dividends on a monthly rather than quarterly basis. It is chartered in the state of Maryland and has its headquarters in Escondido, California. As of 2011, the company owns over 2,600 commercial real estate properties in 49 states, with total assets of approximately $5.0 billion and net income of $133 million.  Wikipedia