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I think you can buy apartments?

kodah 5y ago
The vast majority of apartments I've seen are for rent, not for purchase. So, at the least I'm putting emphasis on the idea that they need to be apartments for sale.
- JamesBarney 5y ago
  They just don't call them apartments, they call them condos. But they're essentially apartments for sale, and I see them all the time.
  - kodah 5y ago
    The post I was replying to used the word "apartment". I wanted to be specific in case there's anyone out there that thinks that more rental properties will fix the issue.
  - jonny_eh 5y ago
    I see them all the time too, outside of California where they can build housing. See Toronto or even Vancouver.
tomnipotent 5y ago
You're thinking of condos. Otherwise, I don't it's possible for a multi-unit apartment building to sell single units.
- JamesBarney 5y ago
  I thought the difference between an apartment and a condo was specifically who owned it, i.e. is it for sale. I feel like it's asking why there aren't there any tropical storms with sustained wins of 100mph. There are, we just call them hurricanes.
  - tomnipotent 5y ago
    You can't just offer up an apartment building as a condominium. There's all sorts of regulations, building codes, and inspections required to convert.
- perl4ever 5y ago
  >I don't it's possible for a multi-unit apartment building to sell single units. Ok. I own one unit of a 4-unit building, which was as far as I know built to sell, not rent, roughly 30 years ago. It is definitively not a condo, in terms of the ownership structure and the portion that I own. No HOA either. So your point is that it's not an apartment? Empirically, it is true that people don't call it an apartment. But it has the same square footage and decor as nearby apartments. The only thing approaching a fundamental difference is that it's on two levels, with bedrooms upstairs.
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ghaff 5y ago
In the US, "apartment" tends to imply renting vs. condo (or co-ops in some places).
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The vast majority of apartments I've seen are for rent, not for purchase. So, at the least I'm putting emphasis on the idea that they need to be apartments for sale.

JamesBarney 5y ago
They just don't call them apartments, they call them condos. But they're essentially apartments for sale, and I see them all the time.
- kodah 5y ago
  The post I was replying to used the word "apartment". I wanted to be specific in case there's anyone out there that thinks that more rental properties will fix the issue.
- jonny_eh 5y ago
  I see them all the time too, outside of California where they can build housing. See Toronto or even Vancouver.

tomnipotent 5y ago

You're thinking of condos. Otherwise, I don't it's possible for a multi-unit apartment building to sell single units.

JamesBarney 5y ago
I thought the difference between an apartment and a condo was specifically who owned it, i.e. is it for sale. I feel like it's asking why there aren't there any tropical storms with sustained wins of 100mph. There are, we just call them hurricanes.
- tomnipotent 5y ago
  You can't just offer up an apartment building as a condominium. There's all sorts of regulations, building codes, and inspections required to convert.
perl4ever 5y ago
>I don't it's possible for a multi-unit apartment building to sell single units. Ok. I own one unit of a 4-unit building, which was as far as I know built to sell, not rent, roughly 30 years ago. It is definitively not a condo, in terms of the ownership structure and the portion that I own. No HOA either. So your point is that it's not an apartment? Empirically, it is true that people don't call it an apartment. But it has the same square footage and decor as nearby apartments. The only thing approaching a fundamental difference is that it's on two levels, with bedrooms upstairs.
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ghaff 5y ago

In the US, "apartment" tends to imply renting vs. condo (or co-ops in some places).

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