Just been looking into some solid monthly dividend plays for passive income and honestly, these two keep popping up. EPR Properties and Realty Income are legit top monthly dividend stocks if you're trying to build steady cash flow.

EPR Properties just bumped its dividend up 5.1% - their FFO per share grew that much last year. Yields over 6% right now which is pretty solid. They own movie theaters, golf resorts, theme parks basically and lease them out. The tenants handle all the maintenance costs so the income is super stable. They're planning to drop 400-500 million into new properties this year, so they expect to keep growing FFO by over 5% again. That means more dividend increases coming.

Realty Income is the steady one - they've raised their dividend every single quarter for the last 113 quarters straight. No joke. They just bumped it 2.9% and yield is sitting at 4.9%. They invest in retail, industrial, gaming properties with major companies. Planning to invest at least 8 billion this year and expect to grow adjusted FFO by nearly 3%. The cool part is they have like a 14 trillion addressable market so plenty of room to expand.

Both of these top monthly dividend stocks seem like solid picks for passive income in 2026. They're actually paying out real money every month and the dividends keep going up. If you're looking to generate consistent monthly income, these are worth checking out. Anyone else holding either of these or thinking about it?