Can real estate investors compete with institutions?

[Jorden House-Hay]

I came across some interesting stats on twitter that begs a question. 

Smaller investors do the biggest volume in home purchases outside of home owners. Can they keep the big guys on the margin? 

The stats: 

- Overall investor share of real estate grew 5% compared to the average in the last decade  

- Investors now buy 33% of all homes in the country, the highest number in the last decade. 

- 27% of those investors were "small" investors (<10 properties). That's 83% market share of RE investments 

- Large investors (>10 properties) make up just 6%. That's 17% market share of RE investments

That seems to be a reverse image of the equity market, where 80% of equity market cap is held by institutions. These are not apples to apples markets. But still, curious to hear opinions-- do we expect those market shares to hold? Or gradually shift more in the favor of the institutions? 

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