Maybe monsters or fires could spawn more often as a different sort of land value "tax". Also, I remember how these "cheap car" sorts races worked. The idea wa

Maybe monsters or fires could spawn more often as a different sort of land value "tax". Also, I remember how these "cheap car" sorts races worked. The idea was that people were supposed to compete against each other in junkyard cars. The way to keep people from out-spending each other to fix up their car was that any car could be purchased for say $500 after the race. I wonder if real/virtual landlords could have the same sorts of limits - if someone lived in a rented apartment and liked it, they could purchase it outright for a certain multiple of the rent. I think that could balance out lots of things.