Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Rents and other single-family property revenues	$ 421,697			$ 391,627			$ 1,214,948	$ 1,109,608
Expenses:
General and administrative expense	18,336			16,986			56,128	53,115
Interest expense	34,381			36,254			105,107	98,622
Acquisition and other transaction costs	3,399			4,482			12,650	18,114
Depreciation and amortization	114,863			109,319			340,779	313,688
Hurricane-related charges, net	0			6,133			0	6,133
Total expenses	368,805			354,978			1,063,577	989,191
Gain on sale and impairment of single-family properties and other, net	33,335			24,197			180,752	79,052
Other income and expense, net	1,865			819			9,082	6,765
Net income	88,092	$ 115,414	$ 137,699	61,665	$ 74,555	$ 70,014	341,205	206,234
Noncontrolling interest	10,493			7,464			41,140	24,119
Dividends on preferred shares	3,486	$ 3,486	$ 3,486	3,486	$ 4,346	$ 5,763	10,458	13,595
Redemption of perpetual preferred shares	0			0			0	5,276
Net income attributable to common shareholders/unitholders	$ 74,113			$ 50,715			$ 289,607	$ 163,244
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	362,426,273			348,944,055			361,665,436	347,730,579
Diluted (in shares)	362,924,932			349,344,541			362,121,128	348,282,995
Net income attributable to common shareholders per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20			$ 0.14			$ 0.80	$ 0.47
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20			$ 0.14			$ 0.80	$ 0.47
Property operating expenses
Expenses:
Cost of goods and services sold	$ 167,041			$ 152,065			$ 456,662	$ 414,978
Property management expenses
Expenses:
Cost of goods and services sold	$ 30,785			$ 29,739			$ 92,251	$ 84,541