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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:14PM (#27451187)
The wealthy will just create a bunch of LLCs that own one house each.
Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by jbigelow76 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:44PM (#27452993)
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 (#27451697)
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.
Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by jnosCo on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @03:00PM (#27451712)
There's already multiple rules for "primary residency", you could structure a progressive property tax off of that.