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Austin has more rentals than homes for sale. (www.kxan.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by netburnr to c/austin
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"The most general reaction is that a lot of people don’t like the idea that lots of people purchased Airbnbs in the last two to three years, increased the Airbnb inventory and took inventory off the for sale housing market,” Gerli said.

Well yeah, some people want a place to live....

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[–] lumberjacked 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree with that comment but that guy is a weird YouTube dude that some how gets on local news a lot. I would not call him an expert.

[–] netburnr 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Influencer"?

[–] lumberjacked 3 points 2 years ago

More accurate for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s a typo: gas should be has

[–] netburnr 3 points 2 years ago

Sure was, thank you! Luckily Lemmy lets you edit post titles.

[–] powderhorn 1 points 2 years ago

Houses are trophies to lord over the plebs at this point.