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AZJonnie

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23. Welp, certainly that 'happens' but these are not mutually exclusive things

Reply to JI7 (Reply #21)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 04:33 AM

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I'm a homeowner and I'm literally called and texted multiple times a week by institutional investors looking to buy my house for cash. The ads on TV for "John The Homebuyer" and "72 and Sold" and other similar outfits are near constant.

In a nutshell, you are largely mistaken if you think 'individuals' are doing what you imagine in nearly as large of numbers as the institutional investors. And these investors are using software to manipulate prices in monopolistic fashion, acting in unison.

This is a huge problem

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When he does something like this, neither Dems or his own party will oppose him. Repubs would scream if a Dem did this. LonePirate Wednesday #1

I have a feeling Democrats will try and block this. pcdb Thursday #33

How many "institutional investors" are buying single family homes ? JI7 Wednesday #2

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A LOT---- many things I have read about the problem of the rising cost of housing Jack Valentino Wednesday #19

I think it's individuals looking to get extra money renting them out JI7 Thursday #21

Welp, certainly that 'happens' but these are not mutually exclusive things AZJonnie Thursday #23

I'm sure it's happening but I think you underestimate the individuals JI7 Thursday #25

In Chicago, they are also buying up apartment buildings, LuvLoogie Thursday #27

Dems had bills to ban hedge funds from single housing market in 2023. blm Wednesday #4

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MSM didn't cover much of ANYTHING Biden championed. blm Wednesday #8

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There wasn't mass media coverage but there was some. blm Wednesday #15

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Biden would have signed the Dem bill. blm Wednesday #20

If you set rent controls, you dissuade the institutional investors from buying up all the homes AZJonnie Thursday #24

He's NOT doing it. It's bullshit that the MAGATS will eat up. nt Blasphemer Wednesday #6

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The grifter says things like this... Chemical Bill Wednesday #7

How much longer, DU? Prairie Gates Wednesday #11

No kidding. So obvious. n/t demmiblue Thursday #30

I'm calling BS Skittles Wednesday #12

He has never and will never Johonny Wednesday #13

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They should require full and immediate divestiture, JMCKUSICK Wednesday #16

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You mean values would come back to earth some? JMCKUSICK Thursday #22

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Right, I knew that, I was more commenting on what's happened to housing prices since covid. JMCKUSICK Thursday #32

Trump does this as co-optation - buying off our young people, defusing the issue bucolic_frolic Thursday #26

it has to be trumps idea or it will not be done. rampartd Thursday #28

I don't think he has the authority to make it happen. Who defines them? sinkingfeeling Thursday #29