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Shameless plug, for my just-released "fake home occupancy as a service", where my family and I charge you only 0.5% of the property value to satisfy the governm
by reneherse 10y ago
Shameless plug, for my just-released "fake home occupancy as a service", where my family and I charge you only 0.5% of the property value to satisfy the government's occupancy requirements. Contact info in my profile.
- charlesdm 10y agoEvery tax has its loophole.
- Scoundreller 10y agoExcept the loophole is what they're incentivizing. Just like personal taxes: Don't work, just inherit money and invest in blue-chips.
- greenshackle2 10y agoI wouldn't trust reneherse's service. My competing service, "actual home occupancy as a service", is bulletproof; we guarantee that we will occupy your house full time.
- reneherse 10y agoCompetition is always welcome! We do however build solid relationships with the neighbors and enroll the kids in local schools to provide complete residency simulation. All for one low fee.
- fdgdasfadsf 10y agoLetting someone have possession of property (yes tenants have possession) like this can be a dangerous thing to do in some jurisdictions - they can quickly gain rights to live there and you lose the rights to evict (or increase the rent - which could be a problem if they are charging you to live there!). Far more likely is that people start renting the empty property out+ - which will increase the supply in the rental market and help the housing costs... I.e. the intended effect. EDITED + (with proper tenancy agreements which usually provide some balance of power between owner and tenant)
- paulcole 10y agoYou might be interested in Whoosh.ly, my JDAAS (joke detection as a service) start up.
- jackweirdy 10y agoHow much do you charge for detecting self referential jokes that are rhetorical questions?
- tkxxx7 10y agofavorite'd into oblivion.
- Whitestrake 10y agoPart of me was disappointed to find NXDOMAIN.
- Scoundreller 10y agoBC lets you evict "if you or an immediate family member (parent, son or daughter of you or your spouse only) wants to move in" http://www.tenantsbc.ca/evicting%20a%20tenant.htm http://www.tenantsbc.ca/evicting%20a%20tenant.htm
- biafra 10y agoSimilar in Germany. It is called Eigenbedarfskündigung. And pretty much the only way to evict. And it can be challenged in court.
- dx034 10y agoBut that's the main difference to other countries. In Germany, it's the only way to get a tenant out (if they pay the rent). It's basically impossible to get a tenant out if you can't find a family member who wants to move in. It's a contract that can only be cancelled by one party (the tenant). Wouldn't call that no rights for the tenant. I can't think of other contracts that cannot ever be cancelled ordinarily by one party. In most other countries the landlord has the right to cancel the agreement with certain notice.
- arkitaip 10y agoi.e. Renting 2.0.
- eli 10y agoMaking the house look like it is lived in is probably all the neighbors want in the first place.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoThe neighbors aren't the issue that's being addressed, it's the lack of housing supply for the locals.
- paulddraper 10y agoYet another HN-save-money-by-breaking-laws scheme. The question is whether the house is a principal residence or an secondary residence/investment. I mean, I guess you could base your business on helping people break laws, like selling dummys for getting commuters the passenger lane, but your customers are no less guilty than they already were.
- asdf333 10y agoI suggest subscribing to the service mentioned above: whoosh.ly joke detection as a service app.
- auxym 10y agoI believe OP was suggesting that he would be paid to actually live in your property, I assume mostly as joke :) That said, I wouldd pay you 0.5%/y to live in (ie rent out) your property -- that works out to 400/month on a 1M property
- r00fus 10y agoSo you have someone pick up mail and make it look lived-in, but why would someone not just rent it out then? Why pay for your service (assuming it's not tongue-in-cheek) when you can pay for a property manager (lets be generous and say 10%) and also get rental income to offset the investment? Ultimately, that's why the city is doing this; Whether the property is rented or owner-occupied, there will be a consumer who is adding to the economy. UK/London really has a problem with non-occupance - they should definitely follow suit.
- mmanfrin 10y agoassuming it's not tongue-in-cheek It is.
- charlesdm 10y agoMost investor owners really don't care for the yield. They want to hold for capital appreciation. And rentals are annoying, dealing with tennants. Stuff breaks. Would you care if you purchased a $1m home cash to flip it in a few years for $1.4m?
- oli5679 10y agoThat's the definition of a bubble - asset detached from fundamental value.
- charlesdm 10y agoThat's how a lot of investors make money: 1. Pick a hot up and coming city. 2. Buy 5 properties at $1m each. 3. Sell in 2-4 years for double the value, preferably paying no tax on the capital gain at all if you (somehow) can. Rinse and repeat. It's what happened in London in 2008-2014, etc. You just, as an investor, need to be aware it's a bubble.
- oli5679 10y agoHow do you time it to avoid the eventual correction?
- mmanfrin 10y agoIt's really astounding how many people aren't getting the joke here.
- rezashirazian 10y agoI thought so too until I realized, so many crazy ideas have been tried out, it's sometimes hard to separate comedy from reality.
- bbcbasic 10y agoThere are light bulbs as a service, so anything is possible.
- paulddraper 10y agoThis is far from the worst idea I've seen for a start up.
- paulddraper 10y agoTrue, though this wouldn't be the worst startup that I've seen.
- personlurking 10y agoReddit users, where the same joke was made (one of the top comments), got it.
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- toomanybeersies 10y agoI know a guy who charges to do house-sitting when people go away on holiday (usually for a month or two). He's literally made reverse Airbnb.
- Patrick_Devine 10y agoBelieve it or not, this service already exists in Vancouver. Usually done by real estate agents for their overseas clients.
- Aaargh20318 10y agoThis more or less already exists in the form of anti-squat rental. They rent out empty houses/buildings for very low rent. The only downsides is zero renter protection, you can be kicked out at any time. This can be a very good option if you need temporary housing. My brother did this for half a year to save on rent while his new house was being built.