Re:Show HN: Should you buy a house and rent it out?
by dd36 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:20AM
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Yeah, so what has happened is institutional investors now dominate the SFR rental market. They ask for 5% rent increases every year and therefore have relatively high turn ratios. It makes it easier for mom and pop investors to hold long term tenants.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ERENTUSQ176N
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUURA422SEHA
(Look at what happens after the dot-com boom.)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST?utm_source=series_p...