Vancouver house prices are falling

Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by awqrre on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:23PM (#13570200)

Looking at the power consumption should be enough in most cases unless they generate their own electricity which should also be easy to figure out... from my home I can wirelessly read the power meters of about 30 of my neighbors (updated every 1 to 5 minutes) using a cheap rtl-sdr and a raspberry-pi (I probably could do better if I placed the antenna outside of my house or if I optimized the antenna for the frequency)

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by branchless on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:59PM (#13570354)

Stop dancing on the head of a pin!

Land value tax. No income tax. People who add no value get nothing.

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by krrrh on Saturday February 04, 2017 @10:43PM (#13570722)

Or a land value surtax which you don't have to pay if you are already paying income taxes or retired.

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/a-roadmap-fo...

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by MarkMc on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:39PM (#13570265)

Then I can avoid the tax by using a timer device to switch the lights on and off

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by stale2002 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:56PM (#13570342)

You can also shoplift and almost certainly get away with it.

Most people won't go through the trouble though.

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by nickff on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:58PM (#13570350)

You wouldn't pay a small power bill and buy a timer to save >$10000/yr?

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by stale2002 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @10:17PM (#13570628)

Maybe it would work and maybe it wouldn't. And if they catch you, then they will multiply the fine.

What I'd do is just rent out the room, and not pay the fee.

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Re:Vancouver house prices are falling by awqrre on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:47PM (#13570303)

You probably should use a somewhat random timer and include some heating and cooling too...but yeah it probably could be tricked fairly easily.

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