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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by ap3 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:40PM (#19815040)
Not always the case because the market sets the rent - not the owners expenses

In CA I might be paying double the tax than my neighbors but I can’t charge more rent than them

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by azeotropic on Saturday May 04, 2019 @06:43AM (#19825644)
Yes, but perennially unprofitable units are going to leave the rental market. So it's not like owners' expenses are not an input into the market price.
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