Politics It's the economy, stupid! Gas, healthcare, & chickens!

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Thats crazy, I am grateful I have a house right now already.

 

Seriously. Blessed we bought in March before shit got even more crazy.

 

Some effort needs to be taken to make it less profitable for the large property management groups. Tons of houses were bought after the 2008 crisis by such groups while house builders simultaneously went bankrupt.

They have been able to achieve artificial scarcity, along with so many rich folks owning second, third, and fourth houses that are not even lived in. It seems obvious there needs to be some form of a disincentive to own more than one house. It’s also contributed to ruining smaller towns such as on the Oregon coast.

 

Just charge them a lot in taxes, I think that would fix it. And yes that’s true, folks could create multiple corporations and other loopholes, but that can be fixed too. It frankly just comes down to will to do something about it.

 

I have seen a few things like this before, but I can never find something that has a definitive break down of the analysis. I am going to check that source out in a bit to see if I can understand it more. From what I understand Texas has absurdly high property taxes which more than makeup for their lack of income tax.

 

I can confirm that our property taxes are through the roof! I still maintain that if you can work and live in SW Washington and buy your stuff in Oregon, it's the best of all worlds!

 

Portlanders don't think highly of people from "The Couv".

 

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