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Build-to-Rent Investing: From Blackstone to Boutique Firms w/ August Biniaz
Description
Wall Street built entire neighborhoods just to rent them. August Biniaz breaks down how and why it works.
August Biniaz, Chief Investment Officer at CPI Capital, returns to break down build-to-rent (BTR): how the asset class started after the 2008 crash, why institutions like Blackstone pivoted from buying scattered homes to building purpose-built rental communities, and what that means for individual investors today.
August also pulls back the curtain on how CPI Capital operates at scale, including the AI tool that cut their deal-screening time by 90 percent, and shares his read on where interest rates and the broader economy are headed going into the rest of 2026.
Key topics covered:
- How Blackstone's Invitation Homes buying spree of 75,000 homes gave birth to BTR
- What life inside a BTR community actually looks like (HOA, amenities, maintenance)
- Why BTR attracts "tenants by choice" and produces lower turnover than traditional apartments
- How CPI Capital uses Slack, Asana, HubSpot, and AI to run a private equity real estate firm
- The 10-year treasury, the war in Iran, and what August thinks happens to rates next
August Biniaz is the Chief Investment Officer of CPI Capital, a private equity real estate firm focused on US multifamily and build-to-rent assets with investors in both Canada and the United States.
Learn more at https://cpicapital.com
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