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Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by jaywalk on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:58PM (#30377113)
Why not pay thousands of dollars to let someone else live in your house for free? Is that a serious question?

The idea of rent-free occupancy wasn't even a thing two years ago. It's just sellers taking advantage of the current market where a lot of the buyers have no intention of living in the house and so a few months of rent-free occupancy make absolutely no difference as long as they get to buy the house.

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Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by lkbm on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:12PM (#30388338)
"for free"

No, for a house. If I'm spending $600,000-$700,000 on a house, paying $600,000 + three months rent is still on the lower end of that range. It's just a different structure, not more money.

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