Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, August 4th:New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) : This real estate investment trust which is focused on owning and managing a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage securities and a mortgage origination business, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.9% over the last 60 days.This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 12.2%, compared with t ...