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This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...
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Not sure how many of you all have seen in the news, but New York is going full-on-socialist with expanding "tenant protections" across the entire state.NYC has had rent control for a while, from my understanding. But ...
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With three remaining FED meetings this year, what are they looking for to decide to raise or lower rates?The Federal Open Market Committee FOMC) meeting schedule 2023:September 19-20*October 31-/November 1.December 12...
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NOT POLITICAL. I don’t care who you voted for, or who lied more or less than the other—all politicians lie. What is everyone’s take on how the proposed tax plan will impact REI with the elimination of the break for ow...
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I live in Chicago and there's been a lot of discussion recently on whether Chicago could follow Detroit down the path of municipal bankruptcy. Many folks believe that because Chicago is much more diverse in its indus...
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Former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan gave his impression of the current financial situation.
His article in the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edbdbcf6-f360-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html
He says of the current ...
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I would love to get an idea of how everyone feels about the future of our economy. With all of the swift changes that have occurred, I would love to see how everyone thinks things will turn out.
I believe there will ...
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Not only an endless ban on evictions (for any reason) but now perhaps also landlords must pay 25% of tenant rents? What on earth? Politicians need to stop trying to win votes by leveraging a crisis. Punishing landlord...
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Hi,Firstly, I really hope this doesn't turn into a heated political debate. I'm opening this thread to discuss real estate, not politics and policies.As someone who is looking to get into real estate I'm now questioni...
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Read in da news that AMAZON pulls out of NYC.