If you feel confidant about Altria’s future, California’s Tobacco securitization bonds at 10% tax-free yield seems like a much better investment, unless you are worried about significant inflation.

I would be very careful with REITs. They had a huge run, most of it not supported by fundamentals.
I would not trust zerohedge either. Tyler is like Rush Limbaugh of financial news. You should not invest money based on a echo chamber noise.