Inland Empire Rental-Home Wave Tests Whether Build-to-Rent Outlives Its Pandemic Boom

John Burns Research and Consulting argues build-to-rent has matured into a lasting asset class with longer-tenured residents and steadier occupancy than apartments, a case Southern California is testing in the Inland Empire, where Blackstone's Tricon and a Bain Capital venture are adding hundreds of rental homes as USC forecasts the region's rents rising fastest in Southern California.