• Diotima@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Yes, that $40 off a month is doing a lot to make up for the explosive increases we’ve seen. And I’m sure that spike in interest rates will have no long lasting effects.

    Landlords do not eat the cost, nor do they often lower rent if they can get away with charging the same or more. “Due to lower expenses on our side, we are dropping rent by 5%” said very few landlords ever, except in fantasy land.

    Biden do be out of touch.

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      10 months ago

      Landlords reduce the rent on vacant units when they have too many of them. Just like hotel owners

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        10 months ago

        And those prices do not go below the cost to run those properties, which has gone up significantly. But of course, it’s easy to ignore the millions of people struggling if your goal is to put a shine on a rich politician with no real insight into thier struggles.

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          10 months ago

          Revenues can certainly be lower than the costs to operate a property. That just means the business is operating at a loss, which is in fact happening to plenty of rentals as well as hotels.