A Housing Bust Comes for Thousands of Small-Time Investors
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A Housing Bust Comes for Thousands of Small-Time Investors

Posted on January 29, 2025

They were offered the benefits of owning apartment-building rentals without any of the work, in real-estate investments that have already left some people empty-handed.

From 2020 through 2022, real estate syndicators reported raising at least $115 billion from investors, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Securities and Exchange Commission filings.