REITs are investment funds specialized in investing in different types of real estate that generatiеincome. They pay a dividend to the fund's shareholders. They are very popular, but like all other participants in the financial market, KOVID 19 influenced their business. They invest in various types of real estate, in agricultural and construction land, warehouses, hospitals, nursing homes and dormitories, hotels and apartments and other property that they can rent. There are also REITs funds that invest in mortgages, mortgage loans and mortgage-backed bonds. The most important issue for these students in the financial market, especially in the conditions of the KOVID 19 pandemic, is the issue of financing business activities. Apart from the issue of ordinary and preferred shares, and borrowing through bank loans, these funds are largely financed by the issue of bonds, and especially by the issue of so-called green bonds.

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