From the September issue: When news broke earlier this summer that the Blackstone Group was planning to take its rental-home company, Invitation Homes, public by the first half of 2017, it came as little surprise.
The private equity giant bought up 50,000 rental homes nationwide in the aftermath of the most recent financial crisis, with the intention of flipping them for a profit — either by selling them individually, unloading them in bulk or taking the portfolio public. [more]