Too much? 17% of California homes are owned by investors

Investors own roughly one in six of California’s single-family residences.

That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing a BatchData report that estimates investor ownership of houses and townhomes nationwide. Investors in this study include everything from giant companies controlling thousands of houses to folks with a small collection of rentals to short-term rental operators to people with a second home.

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According to BatchData...