• Stumblinbear@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, if they lie about their primary residency, that’s a whole set of legal problems they’ve got themselves in

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      Technically true but want to guess how many realtors buy a house , homestead the place for a couple of years then sell it?

      Hint: the number is a lot higher then people might think.

      There are a lot of ways to get around problems just by thinking outside of the box. Might it slow down the problem? Maybe.

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        So they’re buying a new house every few years and selling the old one? If they have only one house at a time, I don’t really care much. The issue is when billion dollar corporations buy up single family homes to rent out, not an individual buying a house to live in and sell it in a few years

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      Even if they lie requiring X months would at least put a cap on how many they could own since there are only 12 months in the year.

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        Iirc primary residency is already living in a single home more than 6 months out of a year, or where you lived the majority of the time

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          True I guess I was reading more into the original comment on taxing more than appreciation and such. I know there are tax benefits to primary residence already, which maybe covers their original idea, but I figured it would be even higher taxes for foreigners for non-primary residence or something was what they were suggesting.