As after the last crisis, fueled by ultra-cheap money, they're taking financialization of the housing market to the next level: Now it's buy-to-rent, build-to-rent, sale-leasebacks, and buy-to-sell.
Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and its subsidiaries.