06/26/2026
"Pick up any real estate publication over the last decade and you’d see the same cities on the cover: Austin. Phoenix. Tampa. Charlotte. Americans relocated there by the thousands, companies went on hiring binges, rents were climbing fast, and every investor with a slide deck was calling it the future of American real estate. The capital followed, as it always does.
That story held up — until it didn’t."
Read Founder and CEO Ivan Barratt's recent feature in Fortune: https://fortune.com/2026/06/14/midwest-real-estate-patient-capital-returns-sun-belt-bust/