TheLowestStone

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[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

They are worse. Unless you're using an adblocker.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

The primary source is a leaked podcast script from a podcast run by an anonymous celebrity gossip Instagram account which was posted on reddit. This is basically the journalist equivalent to using 4chan green-text as a citation. The article, which fails to verify anything, is a year and a half old and not a soul related to the production has corroborated any part of it in that time.

No official statement was made about why Cavill is no longer on The Witcher. I wouldn't doubt that he was being difficult on set considering his love of the source material and how little the show respected it. I also wouldn't be surprised to find out his contract just ran out and neither party was interested in renegotiating.

James Gunn has specificly said, on thar record, that Cavill wasn't fired. The next Super Man is just going to be younger. After how badly Black Adam flopped, I'm not surprised they're taking the DCU in a different direction.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

To be fair, Kissinger was pretty amazing at being a war criminal.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Trying to engage in a rational conversation with someone on this community is pointless.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's been years and years since I set foot in a Game Stop (US equivalent of the store you mentioned) but they would also "buy" any functional game you brought in. However, you would be lucky to get more than for $1 in store credit towards another used game for anything other than a new release.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
  1. That does nothing to answer the question of how a single building with multiple occupied units could be converted into a rent to own property.

  2. In most states that have a program like this the property tax exemption is laughable compared to the average annual income from owning an apartment building with 10+ units. For example, in California you get $7000 towards your annual property taxes for living on property. The average rent for an apartment in San Francisco is right around $3500/month.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. It's extremely uncommon but the comment that started this discussion mentioned forcing landlords to adopt rent to own programs. Got me thinking about how cool it would be if that was a viable option.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whether or not they should exist is basically irrelevant. They do and that's not something we're likely to see change. Also, sometimes renting is a better fit for people at certain phases of their life.

In exchange for a reasonable rent, a landlord is responsible for ensuring that the building is kept safe and well maintained and that any necessary repairs happen as quickly as is reasonably possible. What I'd really like to see is landlords being held accountable for failing to do so.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (11 children)

I like the general idea but how does rent to own work for multi family properties, especially in larger apartment buildings? I know condos exist already but that requires an HOA or something similar to provide upkeep for the building/property. I also wouldn't want to completely deincentivize renting because there are situations where it's a better fit for people as long as they are not getting gouged or kicked out needlessly.

Maybe instead of a credit for occupying a property you own, add a tax on income from rental properties that is earmarked for the kind of infrastructure that an area needs to accommodate a growing population including mass transit. There would have to be some protections in place to prevent landlords from passing that cost directly to tenants but I'm not smart enough to know how to do that.

Alongside that, offer a tax credit for rent to own arrangements that starts small and gets larger as the tenant gets closer to owning the property. Successful transfer of ownership gets the original owner a credit equal to the difference between the taxes paid and credits received plus interest and the new owner gets a reduced property tax rate for their first year of ownership.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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