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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by 6f8986c3 on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:49AM (#27780796)
Another option is for landlords to price the additional risk into the rent itself.

But there’s no way you’re going to add risk into the market without that having some effect on pricing.

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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by TeMPOraL on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:09AM (#27780888)
Which is why, if there's any possibility of a sudden 10x price hike, the rents will start going crazy in advance. Because rent prices don't hike like that unless there's some disaster event, the existing system works well.
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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by Breza on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:54AM (#27820979)
Housing is a policy area with a lot of unintended consequences. I honestly don't know how I feel about the Oregon law.
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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by unishark on Friday July 09, 2021 @03:54AM (#27781406)
Yes playing with regulations might help some renters to the detriment of others, but on average landlords will probably make the same.
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