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OldBaldy1701E

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2. Sorry Mrs. Hamilton.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2022, 08:00 AM

Apr 2022

The 'neighborhood' concept went out the window a long time ago. Oh, one can find pockets of that around the nation, but for the most part, with real estate being one of the main 'tangible' assets in this country, owning property is seen as an 'investment'... unless it is a 'dick-waving' MANSION with lots of pretention, then you will see people treating their place as a 'home'.

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Corporate landlords are gobbling up U.S. suburbs. These homeowners are fighting back. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP

Wow. 11,500 corporate bought homes in Charlotte area. Surprised me. empedocles Apr 2022 #1

And many of those are short term rentals. Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #3

Sorry Mrs. Hamilton. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #2

I bet a lot of investors are from the corporate pot farms because they have no other place to put yaesu Apr 2022 #4