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Since when did housing become a right?
Since the UN was founded, and human rights were stated.
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The question, though, is: why doesn't this converge to a single monopolist agency, like in the rest of capitalism?
Because it's a mostly unregulated market. A new competitor has minimal government regulations to satisfy in order to start and everyone and their dog can start doing this job (and believe me, I've met some interesting agents when looking for the best deals both looking for rent and renting out my property). The big centralised agencies don't really have a way to stop smaller agents offering cheaper services and servi…
The natural end condition of an unregulated market is a monopoly. That is why we need regulation.
So, something is operating to provide implicit regulation. In this case it seems like chaos serves that role. Monopoly relies on a self-ordering property common to most market conditions.
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He perhaps asked every person that walked by? That would be more creative than looking at the post popular ad site.
Harassing strangers is not really something I would encourage no matter how creative it is.
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> A huge amount of self-selection goes on before an application to an elite university is even filled out Probably a lot less self-selecting out than you think.
I must say the list is a little bit surprising to me. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-accepta... I guess I would have expected a few top Ivies to have significantly lower acceptance rates on the grounds that one could imagine a lot of average-ish students putting one of those schools down just in case they hit the lottery. But actually, the top Ivies, MIT, West Point, top music schools, and a cou…
There are many, many of these applicants who have roughly a 0% chance of admission.
I am not saying that elite schools are easy to get in (they are not), but someone who is a strong all-around applicant will most likely get into at least one elite school.
Most applicants are challenged by the fact that they only have one or two strong points (like grades and scores), and those “strong points” often aren’t even that strong. Athletics, community involvement, leadership, above-and-beyond academics, etc. go a long way.
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Portland, OR solved that problem by making landlords accept the first offer which matches the stated requirements. Which leads to some… interesting incentives :p
Please do say, what interesting incentives appear? :)
I'm really curious to know the breakdown of home/building ownership in the world, and how much the person makes in that city. Curious how much property is owned by individuals vs companies.
Once you are in Luxembourg, feel free to reach out, I’ll buy you a beer to console you for the expensive apartment prices ;)
Always interested in what people are up to (both as an entrepreneur as well as a politican)
I'm currently searching in Berlin and the market has become insane. Here's a response I got yesterday: "With more than 1200 prospective tenants, it was really difficult for the landlord to make a decision. Unfortunately, we have to inform you that the landlord has decided on other prospective tenants. Thank you for your understanding! "
Population of Berlin has hardly changed in the past 30 years, it grows at an annual a rate of like 0.2%. How is this madness possible? Edit: There were 3.5 million residents in 1993. It is projected to reach 3.6 million residents in 2029 [1] It's got to be something to do with financial markets and foreign investment 1 - https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/204296/berlin/population
Also, Berlin was an odd place compared to other cities in Europe, when it comes to housing. Looking from the outside it seems like it was due for an upwards correction after 3 decades of pretty low rents since the fall of The Wall.