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San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

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Re: San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

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Wayne, MI studio rents are down by 23%? First of all, I wonder if they mean Wayne County, MI, or actual Wayne, MI. If it's the former, that almost makes more sense because Wayne, MI has a total of 17,000 people. The only thing I can think of is that demand has cratered because car company employees took the time to relocate once their leases were up.

Re: San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

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Is data on ownership of rental stock available to the general public? Curious about what percentage of landlords are individuals vs. larger companies owning multiple properties/units.

It is sort of publicly available, but in an inconvenient way and you have to be dedicated to get an aggregate picture. For an individual building you can look at a few different things. I look at the address to which the tax bills are sent. This is usually a good way to estimate how many parcels are owned by the same entity. For a specific building, I search recorders records for the name of the entity I think owns it. This will turn up all the recorded deeds with the same entity name. Problem is many buildings are owned by single-purpose entities so then you have to also look in county fictitious business name permits and state business licenses.

Re: San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

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Wayne, MI studio rents are down by 23%? First of all, I wonder if they mean Wayne County, MI, or actual Wayne, MI. If it's the former, that almost makes more sense because Wayne, MI has a total of 17,000 people. The only thing I can think of is that demand has cratered because car company employees took the time to relocate once their leases were up.

The list is by county.
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