While a significant portion of my portfolio is built around classic dividend growth stocks and SWANs, I do allocate a portion of my portfolio to higher yielding stocks with lower dividend growth potential to create a balanced portfolio that offers an attractive blend of yield and growth.

Focusing on REITs and filtering for stocks that offer a yield of greater than 8% and 3 year earnings and dividend growth rates greater than 2%, I was able to narrow down the amount of REITs from 155 to just 6.

Today, I'll be revisiting Iron Mountain's (IRM) dividend safety and growth potential since I last covered the stock in January, its operating fundamentals and risks associated with the stock, as well as the valuation aspect of an investment in Iron Mountain at the current price.

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