We examine the impact of house purchases by large buy-to-rent investors on the value of nearby properties. Returns on repeat sales of properties within a quarter mile of houses purchased by buy-to-rent investors were significantly greater if the repeat sale concluded after the buy-to-rent...

We investigate the returns to individuals who invested in residential real estate over 1999 – 2015. Using purchase and sales prices, we measure returns on properties that were both bought and sold by an investor by annualizing the property's price appreciation. We find that investors...