City Council: Can’t Find a House? Move to Oklahoma!
We nicknamed our video “they’re making it worse” for a reason. When Seattle City Council fails to do the right thing, good people move to….Oklahoma! The City has already lost a basketball team to the Sooner State, but now we’re losing real people who can’t find a place to live. Here’s a passage from a recent story in the […]
On the Radio: Funding, Incentive Zoning, and Rent Control
As I touted in a previous post, I’ll be on the radio waves tomorrow morning as a guest on the Rental Property Coach Show. But if you’re like me and don’t have an AM radio, or maybe you want to sleep in because you’re exhausted after ringing door bells for Jess Spear all day today, […]
Rent Control? What About Cost Control?
Yesterday, 43rd Legislative District Candidate Jess Spear made a case for rent control. We’ve already explained why rent control is inflationary, and a bad idea whether it is imposed by the City Council or a Roman Emperor. But how fast are rents rising? And what will make them go higher? What effect would rent control […]