While we're on the topic, let's not forget foreign investors. Most of the properties in my neighborhood were purchased by foreign investors. My block in particu

While we're on the topic, let's not forget foreign investors. Most of the properties in my neighborhood were purchased by foreign investors. My block in particular has at least 4 houses that are owned by asian investors. I've met the families who live-in and rent those houses. The property management company also runs the HOA and votes by proxy for those investors, investors who don't care about the daily goings-on of the community. If we're going to use statistics for anything, let's look at it in the affirmative instead. How many homes are owned by the family living in them? The most recent data for Florida is for 2015-2019. Here are the owner-occupied housing for the most populated counties, starting with the one I live in. Hillsborough County - 58.6% Miami-Dade County - 51.2% Orange County - 55.4% Broward County - 62.1% Palm Beach County - 68.9% Duval County - 56.7% Pinellas County - 67% The National Average is 64.8%. In my county nearly half of the housing is not owner-occupied. As a nation, nearly a 3rd of available housing is not owner-occupied. I bet this is worse now, as this information is pre-pandemic and from the very beginning of the most recent housing rush. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/note/US/HSG445222#:~:text=Owner%2DOccupied%20%2D%20A%20housing%20unit,Person%201%20on%20the%20questionnaire https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/note/US/HSG445222#:~:.... https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/HSG445222 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/HSG445222 https://www.florida-demographics.com/counties_by_population https://www.florida-demographics.com/counties_by_population https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/acs-percentage-owner-hu-2015-2019.html https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/ac... Edit to add some relevant information: https://cdn.nar.realtor//sites/default/files/documents/2023-international-transactions-in-us-residential-real-estate-08-01-2023.pdf https://cdn.nar.realtor//sites/default/files/documents/2023-...