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Re:Home Values Are Rising by $800 a Day in San Jose by charlesdm on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:42AM (#16801701)
Because if you're a landlord with significant property holdings, what would you do? You'd lobby the government not to increase supply, of course.
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Re:Home Values Are Rising by $800 a Day in San Jose by ynniv on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:50AM (#16801768)
No, you would build more if you could.
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Re:Home Values Are Rising by $800 a Day in San Jose by oxymoran on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:39AM (#16802158)
Landlords do not build they own. Contractors and developers build. If you could own one building and charge $2500 or own 5 building and charge $600 each, what would you choose? You would make $500 more owning more buildings, but you would also have more overhead and work managing them all.
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Re:Home Values Are Rising by $800 a Day in San Jose by ynniv on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:06PM (#16802972)
Is this a trick question? I would build another one AND charge $600 each. Developers build for clients with money, like landlords.
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