Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens...
by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:14PM
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The wealthy will just create a bunch of LLCs that own one house each.
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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens...
by jbigelow76 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:44PM
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Then single family homes owned by LLCs should be taxed out the ass. I know it's a cat and mouse game, but if a corporation is the owner of a home that should be a dead give away that it should be taxed at a higher rate than for one owned by an individual.
Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens...
by mikepurvis on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:59PM
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Indeed— like a lot of these things, it would punish upper-middle class families who inherit a cottage, but not affect anyone with >5 residences since at scale the work needed to evade becomes worthwhile.