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Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by ethanbond on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:25PM (#39760395)
Land Value Tax achieves more with less compliance overhead and no loopholes (hiding land is hard).
Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by throwaway243243 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:37PM (#39760509)
The problem is that moving is economically inefficient and a large part of the population will be priced out and have to continually move so you need some hysteresis.
Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by hehhehaha on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:46PM (#39760609)
Moving is extremely economically efficient. Older people should not live close to the financial district, people with kids should cluster around schools and playgrounds, people without cars should live closer to transit, etc, etc
Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by throwaway243243 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:56PM (#39760705)
Real estate agents take 6% and that's before fees and the cost of movers. This is not an insignificant economic cost.
Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by ethanbond on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @07:31PM (#39761415)
Sorry is "real estate agents need their cut" an argument against moving, or an argument for reducing the power of real estate agents, who are pretty much useless for 99% of residential transactions anyway?