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Field notes from the single-family rental market.

Perspectives from the Properfy operating team on the U.S. housing market, single-family rental fundamentals, and portfolio-level operating discipline.

Field note

Why cost-per-door is the metric that matters.

The single most predictive underwriting input for stabilized SFR returns is all-in cost-per-door — not headline cap rate. A note on how Properfy models it, and why it changes portfolio construction.

Coming soon.

Market view

The Sun Belt after the migration wave.

Population growth has moderated from its 2021 peak in most Sun Belt metros — but the underlying household-formation gap has widened, not narrowed. A closer look at the metros that continue to lead.

Coming soon.

Operating note

Absorption rate as an operating KPI.

Cycle time from acquisition to first-lease-signed is a leading indicator of platform health. How Properfy measures it, why the standardization matters, and what it says about operator quality.

Coming soon.

Governance

What LP alignment actually looks like.

Preferred returns, escrowed carry, whole-fund waterfalls, and clawback provisions — a walk-through of the alignment terms Properfy uses across its fund lineup, and what they mean in practice.

Coming soon.

Resident experience

Retention starts at the lease signing.

Full disclosure of rent-adjustment mechanics at signing is the single highest-leverage change to resident retention. A note on why, and what a plain-English lease looks like at Properfy.

Coming soon.

ESG

Efficiency as an operating margin, not a marketing story.

Energy, water, and emissions investments earn their returns in operating cost and resident stability. A framework for evaluating efficiency capex on the Properfy portfolio.

Coming soon.

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