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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by yupitsme123 on Sunday July 13, 2025 @08:12PM (#44555028)
Strangely, there's a ton of vacant commercial real estate in my neighborhood that the corporate landlords don't seem to be in any rush to rent out.
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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by dylan604 on Sunday July 13, 2025 @08:22PM (#44555102)
Can they count empty units as loss so they can deduct it?
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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by WalterBright on Sunday July 13, 2025 @09:35PM (#44555581)
Such distortions are often the result of rent control.
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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by rightbyte on Monday July 14, 2025 @05:54AM (#44558177)
"Comercial real estate". Where are there rent control on that.

I think empty leases is due to not wanting to write down the value of the property by offering it at market value.

I.e. some sort of silly game with the banks where both pretend to know nothing.

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