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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by jsprogrammer on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:06PM (#9209324)
It also conveniently omitted any calculation about how the owner is 'losing money', despite there being a ~$14,000 positive difference between what the tenant is paying per year and the taxes due.
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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by WalterSear on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:18PM (#9209375) 

    Nelson: Hey, look how much Skinner makes. 25,000 dollars a year!
    Bart: Lets see, he's 40 years old, times 25 grand.. woah! He's a millionaire!
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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by jsprogrammer on Monday March 16, 2015 @05:49AM (#9210572)
Do you imply that someone should be able to be a millionaire, or even 'rich', solely by collecting rent on real property? Real property that is apparently not even properly maintained?

Talk about market inefficiencies.

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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by pgwhalen on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:30PM (#9209426)
It's a bit foolish to assume that a landlord's sole expense is property tax.
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Re:“Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900” by blake_himself on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:15PM (#9209363)
Losing, compared to what he could have been making.
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