The Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE:JRS) is a closed-end fund, or CEF, that income-focused investors can use to obtain a much higher level of income than most real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are able to deliver and still retain the inherent protection against inflation that real estate is able to provide. This is immediately apparent in the fund’s 8.99% current yield, which is far above the 2.85% yield of the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR).