Tag Archives: private equity

Rent Vs. Buy: Blackstone Group Says Rent! (Infographic)

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In an October 2013 article we noted how Blackstone Group had become the largest owner of rental homes in the U.S.! In fact at the time, the worlds largest private equity firm had offered Wall Street’s first ‘rental-backed security’. Well now Blackstone had made another large purchase of U.S. rental property (10,399 multifamily units) signaling that, in this company’s […]

Uber Update: $50 Billion-Plus Valuation?

An Uber IPO could place the value of the transportation start-up at north of $50 billion dollars making it the most valuable pre-listed IPO in history! Prior to the expected Uber deal hitting the market, Facebook was the most recent valuation record-holder at a $50 billion number pre-IPO in 2011. One glaring difference and potential concern for […]