Wall Street investors are buying up “starter” homes and turning them into rentals. Seems that turning entrants into the housing market into permanent renters of homes (by removing homes from the supply that can be bought by individuals and families, forcing them to rent what they would otherwise have bought) may be more long term profitable for Wall Street than having them temporarily (over 15-30 years) rent the money to buy the homes. Of course, limiting people’s financial choices accelerates the already increasing income and wealth inequality.