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‘I think I almost cried.’ Above-average rent increases pricing renters out of Austin
kxan ^ | Aug. 28, 2021 | Avery Travis

Posted on 08/29/2021 10:40:20 AM PDT by bgill

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To: dirtboy

Imagine what her house would have brought if the original giant new Apple HQ had picked Austin.


21 posted on 08/29/2021 10:57:37 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

As an apartment owner in that area, I can tell you that the inflow of people to TX keeps demand higher than we’ve every seen it.

Also, preventing eviction keeps units from turning over... and fewer are available to rent, so higher prices.

And with the crazy home prices in that area, renting is the only option for many, which pushes rent up higher.

If she is priced out, she will need roommates or to move further out...


22 posted on 08/29/2021 11:01:01 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (“Fraud vitiates everything.” )
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To: bgill

“This is what happens when people don’t pay their rent. Those who do pay, have to make up the difference.:”
They.Just.Don’t.Get.It. TINSTAAFL


23 posted on 08/29/2021 11:02:33 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: bgill
The end result of the eviction moratorium. Oh well, it was the thought that counted, right?


24 posted on 08/29/2021 11:03:22 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: dirtboy

I live north of Austin. Homes stay on the market for a day or two. My mom’s house appreciated probably $80K in the past 12 months. It’s nutz.


I just looked up my (paid off) home on Zillow - “Nutz” does not begin to cover it. Gone up over $100K since the last time I checked about two years ago.


25 posted on 08/29/2021 11:05:43 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: bgill
I do property management for several small landlords (three properties or less). Most are retired, disabled or military and rely on the rents for additional income.

One quarter of my clients have told me to sell their properties as they are getting out.

So far not a single property has been sold to an investor.

This means that in the future you are going to be renting from a corporation, often international, who will give you NO leeway. You will need to stick to the contract terms exactly and they will be draconian. They keep lawyers on retainer to deal with any violation and one empty unit is not a problem as they have a line of people waiting to rent.

Enjoy your experience with Big Rental.

You asked for it.

26 posted on 08/29/2021 11:09:58 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I refuse to be afraid. I refuse to bow. I refuse to take any job I do not wish to. So BUZZ OFF!)
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To: bgill

This always happens where Libtard Californians metastasize ...


27 posted on 08/29/2021 11:10:15 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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To: bgill

The same thing happened with the bubble in DC in 2005. I was departing but had I renewed my lease, the cost shot up from $1600 a month to something like $2300 a month.


28 posted on 08/29/2021 11:14:46 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Drew68

That cartoon summarizes every democrat taliban voter.


29 posted on 08/29/2021 11:15:31 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: bgill
Another article at the site states one would need 4 full time minimum wage jobs to afford the new rents.

I remember my last visit to san fransicko and a young woman was talking about everyone in her circle had to work several jobs to be able to afford to live there. But they loved it and it was worth it.

They don't call austin san fran east for nothing.

30 posted on 08/29/2021 11:18:02 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: bgill

Had a very interesting discussion with a gent in Salina, CO about rents and housing prices in Colorado, he said you can’t afford to live in CO unless your pulling down 6 figures and buying a starter home used to be a way for young folks to build equity and credit but no more as housing prices are far beyond entry and mid level incomes.


31 posted on 08/29/2021 11:21:00 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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Not just the US. Here in Canada, the real estate market is still red-hot with no signs of slowing any time soon, and over the past year, there are thousands of low-income Canadians, myself included, who have found ourselves suddenly (and rudely) shoved back out into the marketplace, when our landlords have decided to get while the getting’s good, and get max returns on their investment. Yes, I know, they have every right to do so, etc. etc. etc... So, I am not looking for sympathy. Right now, I am trying to find something that I can actually afford on my current income, and at least here in Ontario, if you want a one bedroom or bachelor unit anywhere in the province, you’d better be prepared to pay $1,500/month (or upwards) for even a rat-trap roach-motel.

At the moment, I’m afraid I simply don’t own a set of bootstraps *that* long, and those sixty days are *tick tick ticking* down.

And I know I’m far from the only one in that sort of position...


32 posted on 08/29/2021 11:21:42 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: The Louiswu

Salida, not Salina


33 posted on 08/29/2021 11:21:46 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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To: Veggie Todd

They can also thank all of those people moving from Cali to find lower taxes, lower housing costs and lower rent. In fact, they are just making it worse.

Oh well, glad I don’t live in that shithole anymore.


34 posted on 08/29/2021 11:24:25 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Veggie Todd

Yup, plus higher property taxes and insurance as well.


35 posted on 08/29/2021 11:26:12 AM PDT by rb22982 ( )
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To: bgill

Californicators have consequences.


36 posted on 08/29/2021 11:28:20 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yup - or taken out of the rental stock altogether as well, driving up rents.


37 posted on 08/29/2021 11:28:54 AM PDT by rb22982 ( )
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To: dirtboy

Down the street from my mother’s house in Oregon sold 200k above asking in a day. Something is going on and it ain’t pretty. All those trillions given away is going in to something real.


38 posted on 08/29/2021 11:29:27 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: bgill

Perhaps a result of all those California liberals selling their homes for big $ and migrating to Texas?


39 posted on 08/29/2021 11:30:05 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: bgill

I suspect that the rent is going up to pay for the people who aren’t paying at all because the landlords cannot absorb the losses forever.


40 posted on 08/29/2021 11:33:13 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
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