[conbandit]

Minor correction, but you probably mean Blackrock-type firms. Blackwater was a private military company.

[pradn]

This is such a common confusion, someone made a handy diagram for telling apart the firms comprising the cross product of {"Black", "Bridge"} x {"rock", "water", "stone"}.

https://i.redd.it/x0jeiofl7j471.jpg

[egberts1]

Kinda the point, no?

[evancox100]

Correction to the minor correction, Blackrock, the asset manager/ETF provider, does not engage in institutional purchasing of SFH homes. For a little while BlackStone, the Private Equity firm, had an ownership interest in company that did this, but I’m not sure they still do.

https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/buying-hous...

Edited to change “ownership” to “purchasing”

[mizzack]

Not to be confused with other investment firms Blackstone, Bridgerock, and Bridgewater. Or tire manufacturer Bridgestone, for that matter.

[throwaway1777]

Funny picture imagining blackwater kicking down some doors and becoming a landlord