Build to Rent - New Construction

[Brian Falcon]

Good morning all. I'm an architect and have a small construction company where we are currently focusing on ONLY building zero energy ready and zero energy homes for private clients. I have been reading and listening to a lot of podcasts on personal REI stuff and am planning on acquiring more properties (my wife and I currently have one - our old home) once I educate myself a bit more on the topic, establish some more connections in the RE space and do enough analyses to feel more confident with the process. However I'm considering new construction RE development options for using our business profits from the construction entity. We've discussed just doing the typical spec home or small neighborhood projects when we have funds (for sale), but I'm reading a bit on Build to Rent for single family developments. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, I'd be interested to hear about your take/ experience, and how this could be more beneficial long term compared to simply build to sell approach. Thanks in advance!