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Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by Alex3917 on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:16AM (#18368660)
> There tends to be a flip tax

But that can take the form of 90% of any increase over the purchase price if you sell within the first five years, which effectively removes any economic reason to purchase for short term speculation.

Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday November 03, 2018 @09:12AM (#18370021)
It can, but I've never heard of a building where this is actually the case.