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toocapak t1_its4jbt wrote

Reply to comment by plummbob in Rent too damn high? Landlords have formed an illegal cartel according to several reports by cogitator_tertius

Price setting could be an issue at such a massive scale — if you have one property management group in charge of 1000 units in one given area, then you could very easily manipulate pricing through the comparitive sales/rent method.

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Fit-Order-9468 t1_itsiltf wrote

The effect of zoning is a legally enforced price fixing scheme among homeowners. This is explicit; just talk to homeowners and they’ll tell you.

Landlords are essentially free riding on the policies that ordinary homeowners, who’ve won the lottery for the American dream, created.

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plummbob t1_its4p7l wrote

Only if there are high barriers to entry for other companies/landlords.

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