AMH as a hedge against interest rates and long term play?

Stumbled across AMH, from mistyping SMH, but the name piqued my curiosity. As many have heard, buying homes is becoming very difficult due to inflation, inventory, etc. AMH looks like it can capitalize on this and provide decent safe haven.

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