There are separate controls on being able to rent out flats for more than 2 years. So you can't really be an absentee landlord. The rent controls apply to fir

There are separate controls on being able to rent out flats for more than 2 years. So you can't really be an absentee landlord. The rent controls apply to first-hand contracts (kinda like council housing in the UK). Which is basically non-existent for working people now.