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SnowmaNick said:
Correct. Florida’s law is that’s felony conviction in a state that doesn’t cause you to lose your voting rights there, will not cause the felon to lose their voting rights in FL. NY doesn’t strip voting rights, and since that was where he was convicted, he won’t lose them in FL.
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Weren’t they trying to overturn this law or at least making is a very hard process.
 
Relevant to our housing discussion. Something has to be done to stem the tide of corporations owning single family homes. You shouldn't be forced to compete with a corporation to own a house. This is from Fort Worth, Texas which is the other city that makes up the DFW metroplex. I'd imagine Dallas and the suburbs might be even higher of a percentage.

https://amp.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article288911228.html

Roughly one out of every four single family homes in Fort Worth are owned by an investor, company or corporation, according to a city analysis of data from the Tarrant Appraisal District.

The city’s report is just an estimate, because data from the appraisal district doesn’t specify if a home is owned by a company or individual. However, the city was able to make an approximation using information about tax exemptions, owner names and addresses.

The city classified owner-occupied homes as those with a homestead exemption, homes where the owner’s address matched the property address, and the owner’s name didn’t include terms like LLC, LTD, Inc., or trust.

Commercially owned properties were defined as those without a homestead exemption, owner names containing the previously mentioned terms, and those where the owner’s address didn’t match the property address.

Using those classifications, the city found that 64,372 of the 247,485 single family homes, or 26%, in Fort Worth were owned by a corporation or company.
 
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mdmost said:
Relevant to our housing discussion. Something has to be done to stem the tide of corporations owning single family homes. You shouldn't be forced to compete with a corporation to own a house. This is from Fort Worth, Texas which is the other city that makes up the DFW metroplex. I'd imagine Dallas and the suburbs might be even higher of a percentage.

https://amp.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article288911228.html

Roughly one out of every four single family homes in Fort Worth are owned by an investor, company or corporation, according to a city analysis of data from the Tarrant Appraisal District.

The city’s report is just an estimate, because data from the appraisal district doesn’t specify if a home is owned by a company or individual. However, the city was able to make an approximation using information about tax exemptions, owner names and addresses.

The city classified owner-occupied homes as those with a homestead exemption, homes where the owner’s address matched the property address, and the owner’s name didn’t include terms like LLC, LTD, Inc., or trust.

Commercially owned properties were defined as those without a homestead exemption, owner names containing the previously mentioned terms, and those where the owner’s address didn’t match the property address.

Using those classifications, the city found that 64,372 of the 247,485 single family homes, or 26%, in Fort Worth were owned by a corporation or company.
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it's borderline epidemic. especially out here. it's gross.
 
I want to say my father has been living in houses owned by investors for about 15 years now. He has moved 3 times over those 15 years when his lease was up.

One of the times was because they wanted substantially more to sign a new lease, don't have the details on the other time.
 
There are a couple of reasons my father is stuck renting rather than owning.

First, he took a early retirement package. Retired around 50, so he's been living off his retirement for the last 20 years or so and part time work here and there.

Second, he had a foreclosure on a condo he owned 10 or so years ago. The condo property management company was horrible doing maintenance, the condo needed a new roof. Mold in the walls became an issue and health issue. So he moved out, sued the property management company and stoped paying the mortgage. He also had the city revoke the occupancy certificate for the property after inspection.

The property management company kept appealing, counter suing and playing dirty such as saying they don't have a forwarding address for my father and posted the court date in the legal notices section of the news paper on 3 different occasions. This lawsuit went on for nearly a decade before my father just gave up. It was costing him too much money and trouble. After the lawsuit ended, the bank foreclosed on the property.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Speaking of housing...

Just got my lease renewal offer.

It's going to cost me an additional $348 a month to stay at my current apartment if I renew my lease for 12 months, which is the cheapest option. At this rate, I'll likely be at the 3k a month mark by next year. Absolutely insane.

Month to month now costs $10,109 a month.
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I’m horrified but also not surprised. You’re talking €24k a year minimum here to rent a two bedroom apartment. It’s a really sad and depressing mess that our countries have got themselves into over the monetisation of homes.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Speaking of housing...

Just got my lease renewal offer.

It's going to cost me an additional $348 a month to stay at my current apartment if I renew my lease for 12 months, which is the cheapest option. At this rate, I'll likely be at the 3k a month mark by next year. Absolutely insane.

Month to month now costs $10,109 a month.
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...... confusion

it sounds like signing a year lease will save you ~$7k a month?
 
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