Real estate investors are increasingly turning to the invisible housing market to find deals

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Back in May, ResiClub teamed up with Stessa, an asset management and accounting software for real estate investors, to survey real estate investors about how they were navigating the rental market.

Over the past month, we teamed up with Stessa again to survey real estate investors about their market conditions, portfolio plans, and property management strategy.

Investors who own at least one single-family investment property were eligible to respond to the Stessa-ResiClub Real Estate Investor Survey—Q4 2025, fielded between October 24 and November 16. In total, 211 single-family investors/landlords completed the survey.

Here are our topline findings: • 44% of U.S. real