House of Cards Institutional Investors Fleeing Single-Family Homes

Why So Serious They're Selling

Alright folks gather 'round. The clowns are leaving the circus or as you humans say institutional investors are dumping single family homes faster than you can say "chaos." Parcl Labs says these bigwigs are now net sellers. Apparently these investors are no longer finding it a laughing matter to be landlords.

Dallas Houston Philadelphia Cities of Discarded Dreams

Places like Dallas Philadelphia and Houston are seeing the most action or rather inaction. Investors are listing homes like they're going out of style. FirstKey Homes seems to be leading the charge slashing prices faster than I can plan a heist. Makes you wonder doesn't it? Are they scared? Or just bored? Speaking of real estate ventures check out this report on Home Depot's Sales Dip: A DIY Disaster or Just a Hiccup?

Rents Are Down The House Always Wins

Jason Lewris from Parcl Labs says rents aren't holding up. *snicker* Imagine that the gravy train stopped running. Investors are grabbing their cash and running probably to some island where they can count their money in peace. It's all about "risk adjusted returns," you see. Smart but no fun at all.

Trump's Little Game the Executive Order

Ah yes President Trump decided to play hero with an executive order trying to keep these big boys from snatching up all the houses. Of course there's a loophole for new construction built specifically as rentals. Because even chaos needs a little order right?

Mom and Pop to the Rescue The Underdogs

Bank of America says most single family rentals are owned by the little guys mom and pop landlords with fewer than ten homes. The big institutional investors only make up a small piece of the pie. But they sure do make a lot of noise don't they? It's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for I am the exception of course.

Build to Rent A New Kind of Crazy

So what's next? Build to rent of course. Investors are pivoting like acrobats focusing on building entire rental communities. Invitation Homes even bought ResiBuilt Homes to get in on the action. It's all about "expanding the nation's housing supply" and other such nonsense. Me? I'm just here for the fireworks and that's all that matters to me