When the court renders a decision subsequent to the inevitable challenge, they will likely find that discrimination - economic, emotional, sentimental, "gut instinct", etc. - is still discrimination, whether it is explicitly called out in the Federal or local codes or not.If it's appealed to a Federal court, that court may remind everyone what Federal statutes say about discrimination and how this type of business is expected to be conducted.I liked that example of "the Amazon manager".

Consumer sentiment was way up (14%) in December, reversing all declines from the previous four months.

“Of course, that’s likely dependent on the extent to which mortgage rate expectations are met with actual mortgage rate declines.”At 6.56 percent on Dec. 29, rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ended the year down 1.27 percentage points below a 2023 high of 7.83 percent registered on Oct. 25, according to daily loan lock data tracked by Optimal Blue.But Palim cautioned that even if mortgage rates keep falling, economists at Fannie Mae continue to believe home sales will post only modest gains in 2024, with elevated home prices continuing to pose affordability challenges for first-time homebuyers and others.The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), which distills six questions from the National Housing Survey into a single number, increased 2.9 points in December to 67.2, in large part because of rising consumer expectations that mortgage rates will continue to fall.While only two of the index’s six components improved from November to December (mortgage rate expectations and buying conditions), the HPSI is now up 6.2 points from a year ago, and 10.5 points above an all-time low of 56.7 registered in October 2022.The survey also showed that consumers are less certain home prices will continue to go up.

@Dan Heuschele Totally understand your sentiment and for many people having 2 options between a 4 unit next to a 5 unit in the same neighborhood for the same price, purchasing the 4plex is a lot more feasible due to residential financing having not only fixed interest rate but usually a much less down payment requirement.  

I second everyone else's sentiment on here -- use furnished finder for everything longer than a weekend stay (typical mid-term rentals)! 

And stimulus and sentiment seem to be plateauing.

Thank you Stacey, while I appreciate your sentiments and those from others, I am afraid the only relief I will get is still down the long road.

I would have immediate equity in the home $20k range but I would never sell it because of sentimental value. 

I second @Anthony Zotto 's sentiment on Lansingburgh.

Then there are also sellers who only want to sell their multi's to owner occupants for sentimental reasons, which I have personally come across recently and lost out to someone else.Bottom line, yes you can make the high taxes work.