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hjd-1 t1_jdfwqe9 wrote

Reply to comment by Mother_Willow1095 in The 'Airbnbust' proves the Wild West days of online vacation rentals are over by amhais

VT is nowhere near big enough for that strategy to work for anyone. You’re thinking cities as big as our state where this happens.

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Mother_Willow1095 t1_jdgwh87 wrote

Yeah true. I read something recently on manhattan landlords doings this. For that reason and so they dont have to fix the rent controlled units in buildings

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hjd-1 t1_jdi5cka wrote

Totally. It’s really shitty. I forget the percentage of purposely vacant apartments owned by investors in the city, but I think it was like 40%. Which should be criminal.

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hjd-1 t1_jdi5ftb wrote

For comparison, I think VT’s vacancy rate is 0.5%…

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