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A comment on Amsterdam's Plan: If You Buy a Newly Built House, You Can't Rent It Out. Parent comment

Re:Amsterdam's Plan: If You Buy a Newly Built House, You Can... by mcv on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:25AM (#19452670)
No, they just rent a house that was actually meant for rental from a professional landlord, rather than an overpriced rental from an absentee landlord.
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Re:Amsterdam's Plan: If You Buy a Newly Built House, You Can... by lukevdp on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:16PM (#19454797)
What is the difference between a professional landlord and an absentee landlord? Aren’t all landlords absentee and aren’t all landlords going to charge market rent?
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Re:Amsterdam's Plan: If You Buy a Newly Built House, You Can... by mcv on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:43PM (#19457662)
Someone who rents out a house on one side of the country and then goes to live on the other side of the country, is not available to his tenants when they need him. Also, if this is the only house he owns, he's likely not an experienced landlord and may have no idea how to provide the services that his tenants need and deserve.
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