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Jeff Bezos and Amazon joining Blackrock and other Hedge Funds Buying Up Single Family Homes Making us a Rental Nation
Yahoo Finance ^ | August 19, 2022 | Kevin Vandenboss

Posted on 08/20/2022 5:34:55 AM PDT by PK1991

The real estate investment platform backed by Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has continued ramping up its acquisitions of single-family rental homes in several U.S. markets.

Arrived Homes acquires single-family homes to use as rental properties, then sells shares of these properties to investors through its online platform. The demand for rental property shares has grown exponentially so far in 2022, with more homes funded in July than the entire first quarter.

The company has investment properties in 19 of the top 100 cities for population growth in the U.S. and estimates that it will expand to 40 of the top 100 cities by the end of the year. Most recently, Arrived Homes expanded into Nashville, Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

The investment platform is now able to take advantage of the cooling-down period in the housing market to ramp up its purchases at a time when a growing number of investors are looking for alternative investment options outside of the stock market.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; bezos; blackrock; housing
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To: rb22982

“1. BlackRock
BlackRock is a well-respected giant in the world of hedge funds, often talked about on the world’s leading financial media, and founded by moguls including Larry Fink, Susan Wagner, Robert S. Kapito, and others.

The hedge fund firm has grown to become so large that its assets under management can’t be measured in billions; it has about $9.5 trillion in assets on its books.

The firm was originally founded as a risk management and fixed-income institutional asset management firm, but with massive success in financial markets, it grew to become the world’s largest fund manager.

While the company manages a long list of hedge funds, it also offers a wide range of index funds and passively managed investing portfolios for the general public, which has helped the firm amass such a high AUM.”


141 posted on 08/20/2022 12:34:24 PM PDT by PK1991 ( )
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To: PK1991

Black rock just lost a ton of money. Let them. Keep pumping that bubble fools


142 posted on 08/20/2022 12:38:07 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: TexasFreeper2009
And, what’s preventing people from simply building more homes?

Land Use Planning agencies.

143 posted on 08/20/2022 12:39:03 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: PK1991

What you currently see in America is Mussolini’s vision of Fascism: Government and Corporations working together to control everything (for themselves of course).


144 posted on 08/20/2022 1:11:14 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: PK1991

It was practiced right here in United States of America before WWII. That is what made it the richest country in the world. Now it is burdened with socialism and high taxes.


145 posted on 08/20/2022 1:18:16 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to keep USA viable.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Big business got BIG because government has their hands on the neck of small business. Most small buinesses cannot afford a battery of tax attorneys and CPA accountants. That is why the onerous regulations are tough on them.


146 posted on 08/20/2022 1:20:37 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to keep USA viable.)
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To: PK1991

It is not a hedge fund. It’s a normal investment management company - the massive overwhelming majority of the money they manage are in index funds and the vast majority of the rest is in actively managed mutual funds. A hedge fund is a very different beast.


147 posted on 08/20/2022 1:23:38 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"Rents go up ... because the price of the home goes up."

Rents go up because landlords must now factor in the possibility of eviction moratoriums. I would expect rents to pretty much double for that reason.

148 posted on 08/20/2022 6:44:12 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: qaz123

Plain ignorance is no excuse for your dredging up a ridiculous self esteem enhancing drivel


149 posted on 08/21/2022 6:25:15 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: Alberta's Child

Live in Dallas city limit, not the suburbs not semi rural. Not sure of other factors - $350,000 house 20% down mtg $1750 v $2360 rent 15 minutes away.


150 posted on 08/21/2022 6:38:54 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Jolla

Sorry rent $2630.


151 posted on 08/21/2022 6:40:47 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: TexasFreeper2009
You sure got triggered when I said "scalper". Saying "scalper" turns as many pseudo-christian/psuedo-conservative heads and shouting "bastard" at a Chicago fish fry. This is like ... walking through Neiman Marcus and saying DANG! clothes are no longer affordable!

No, it's like going to Goodwill and finding them cleaned out and the lady at the register is referring desperately naked people to a "clothes flipper" who charges Neiman Marcus prices for unfashionable clothes. Perhaps you don't know how analogies work, or maybe you were just shit talking.

They might be priced out of certain markets that are currently popular and in high demand. But if they are willing to drive a little further, or take a chance in a more marginal area, there are still tons of deals.

So, you DO believe in infinite supply, just as I accused.

And plus as several people have already mentioned here, you don’t have to start with a “home”, you can start with a condo. The point is to get into something you “own” no matter what it is, as soon as possible. As soon as you do that you will have extra money (the difference between what you new house payment is and what your rent was) That extra money will allow you save up for the next down payment much faster and easier. You move out of your original place and rent that out and into you new place. It’s always easier to get a loan on something you will be living in. So you just jump from place to place, living in each along the way and stepping up each time and renting out the one you left.

Again, the people being squeezed out of the buyer's market ARE trying to buy "as soon as possible", yet you continue to respond as though you actually champion home ownership. Do you have language comprehension difficulties, or were you trying to deceive?

152 posted on 08/21/2022 7:18:17 AM PDT by Brass Lamp
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To: entropy12
Nobody wants to reduce population.

Yeah they do.

Those who think that are certifiable.

No I'm not.

153 posted on 08/21/2022 7:21:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Brass Lamp

Our grandparents built their homes on land in the country outside of the large cities (the cities grew over time and engulfed them).

Their homes were small wooden 2 bedroom 1 bath homes on blocks with no AC and no appliances.

When you are unable to find an affordable home that fits that description, then I will start having sympathy for you.


154 posted on 08/21/2022 7:26:10 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Our grandparents built their homes on land in the country outside of the large cities (the cities grew over time and engulfed them).

Well, perhaps a super-rich resource hoarder will someday fund the time travel breakthrough which will allow him to travel back in time and relentlessly out bid your grandparents, creating an alternate reality in which you understand basic economics.

155 posted on 08/21/2022 7:34:23 AM PDT by Brass Lamp
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To: Lazamataz

So why are “they” buying up all those rental properties?
Who will be the renters if population is reduced?


156 posted on 08/21/2022 8:42:59 AM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to keep USA viable.s)
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To: Brass Lamp

I understand that if you want something affordable that doesn’t exist, you simply look in a different area and if needed build it yourself.

But people like you think they are entitled to a fully furnished McMansion straight out of college in the hippest, newest part of town. And don’t care to hear about how others older than you had to do without for many years.

Go to ANY small town outside of the big cities ANYWHERE and both land and homes are very affordable.


157 posted on 08/21/2022 9:59:22 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: bert

Self enhancing???

Yet another liberal troll outed on FR


158 posted on 08/21/2022 10:09:53 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: TexasFreeper2009

And if you want to live in an established neighborhood, maybe send your kids to a school you prefe?. Or, if you don’t want to commute from a rural area?

No shit I know I can build, have done it before.


159 posted on 08/21/2022 2:27:10 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: entropy12
So why are “they” buying up all those rental properties?

Because why not.

Who will be the renters if population is reduced?

Plenty of people.

160 posted on 08/21/2022 2:31:10 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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