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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by estearum on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:14PM (#46533861)
No, the real problem is that the vast majority of their income does not come from their role in creating supply or maintaining housing.

Proof: Propose a 100% land value tax, which definitionally only removes that part of income that is generated by the community around their property, and see if they go for it.

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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by nerdponx on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @08:26PM (#46535863)
The actual value of a landlord is insulating the tenant from financial risk, charging a predictable rent and absorbing the costs of repairs and maintenance. That's a lot of value for some people, but it also comes with problematic incentives and obvious bad outcomes when combined with other aspects of housing markets.
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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by waffleiron on Thursday January 08, 2026 @04:04AM (#46538918)
In a perfect world, but rent is often less significantly predictable than mortgage payments. Of course the cost of repairs and maintenance isn’t absorbed, it is paid in full by the renter in the cost of rent.
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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by sokoloff on Thursday January 08, 2026 @04:49AM (#46539193)
Over the term of the lease agreement, rent is contractually predictable.
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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by pphysch on Thursday January 08, 2026 @10:32AM (#46542189)
Which is rarely longer than a year, and many people go month-to-month, if they even have a contract.
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