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Re:Anatomy of a Rental Phishing Scam by mschuster91 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:59AM (#22245142)
Probably because waiting for the property value to increase over a year or two and then deducting paying the loan rate/interest over the time is more profitable.

Classic perverse incentive, the only way to fix this is a drastic vacancy tax.

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Re:Anatomy of a Rental Phishing Scam by lotsofpulp on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @04:50AM (#22245416)
> then deducting paying the loan rate/interest over the time is more profitable.

What does this have to do with not renting the apartment? Any business will deduct interest payments as a business expense.

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Re:Anatomy of a Rental Phishing Scam by eru on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:12AM (#22245807)
And a vacancy tax isn't a good idea either. (Though it's better than the UK's tax rebate for vacancy.)

Just use a land value tax.

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