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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:27 PM Original message |
Government-owned homes may get ‘for rent’ signs |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a landlord for over 20 yrs.....good luck with that. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Maybe the government should do with unpaid rents what it has done |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Give them away to the chronically homeless & unemployed |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's a no-brainer. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Give them to Habitat for Humanity to give away after making sure |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. And when the A/C and furnace go out who is going to fix it? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. What happens when the people in their "free" houses can't pay property taxes? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. How about a rent to own thing |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. That's called a mortgage. n/t |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well if the government owns them already and |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The government is not set up for that. No matter what we do, it will cost |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. IMO, it's a bad idea for government to be a landlord. We donj't need to create |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thousands of property managers' ears just perked up. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I like the idea. Even in the worst scenario it's not going to cost more than it does now. |
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sense (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. A large part of the problem |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yup. When everyone ends out on their patootie, the cash will still roll in as our |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That might explain what happened to me... |
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ChrisBorg (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. How much was the mortgage when they offered you 50K? |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. We owed $200K, it was valued at 75K |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. So we'll give cash to Job Creators to buy houses |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. that sounds like a likely scenario. & it would explain the talk i hear from |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +1 |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thank you. As I suggest in my post #15, this idea has almost |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. omg. you were right. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Givve the properties to cities and towns to fix for affordable housing. |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Companies such as this one seem to specialize in the present scenario. |
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