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    5 months ago

    There’s always talk about tax breaks for home owners…

    Never talks of raising taxes on landlords and empty units tho.

    That’s what would fix it. Tax them out of the housing market slowly and.prices will go down as they get out of the business.

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        5 months ago

        That’s why you set it exponentially based on units owned by parent company, maybe break it down as a tax paid by shareholders for huge corporations landlords.

        They could try to pass it on to consumers, but smaller landlords wouldn’t have to pay it.

        Making the biggest get out of the game first

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            5 months ago

            That’s why you set it exponentially based on units owned by parent company, maybe break it down as a tax paid by shareholders for huge corporations landlords.

            That might not have been clear.

            Set it at the parent company level so it’s not easy.

            If they have X amount invested in rental real estate, that can just be taxed then

            Believe me, the tax code for the wealthy is already complicated, they can handle this