The booming single-family build to rent market, if not already, will soon be dealing with headwinds around labor and supply chain management challenges, efforts to streamline operations and using consumer data points to deliver educated scaling.

Another impact could come from companies' evolving work-from-home policies and how hybrid office hours affect workers' behaviors and their preferred locations and housing choices.

Yet BTR homes is a CRE segment that is rapidly expanding with a formidable array of marketplace advantages. The mix of renters in the US is increasingly older and more affluent, for example, while the obstacles to transitioning into homeownership persist, according to a recent report from Northmarq.

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