[WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session
K. Garl Long
Garl at longlaw.biz
Thu Dec 17 13:34:18 PST 2020
/It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
/Voltaire again.
On 12/17/2020 11:25 AM, Rob Rowley wrote:
>
> In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
> possible from one class of citizens to give to another. Voltaire.
>
> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com
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> <mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> *On Behalf Of *Chris B
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 10:59 AM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session
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> I just entered into an agreement to sell 4 of my 12 rental homes as a
> package. All will be town down and replaced with McMansions. These
> are nice homes that I am proud to own, two of which have tenants in
> them for more than 10 years. While all my tenants are current in
> their rent, I no longer wish to be in the rental housing business in a
> state that is clearly trying to kill that business.
>
> As they say, it is “a feature, not a bug.”
>
> Chris Benis
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> Hecker, Wakefield & Feilberg, P.S.
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> <mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> *On Behalf Of *Rani K. Sampson
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 10:51 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session
>
> The long-term consequences of forcing landlords to absorb large
> financial losses are predictable: landlords will liquidate their real
> estate investments (they’ll sell). Tenants will have much less
> housing to choose from. Rental houses will be incredibly hard to
> find. The void might be filled by corporate landlords building
> apartments or government landlords building projects.
>
> This is very bad for tenants, long term. The loss of rental housing
> will affect all of us.
>
> *Rani K. Sampson*
>
> Overcast Law Offices |Attorney
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> 23 S Wenatchee Ave #320, Wenatchee WA 98801 |(509) 663-5588 x 6
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> <mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> *On Behalf Of *Kary Krismer
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2020 10:37 AM
> *To:* wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com <mailto:wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session
>
> You're generalizing. The moratorium protects an entire class
> regardless of their need, at the expense of another class, regardless
> of their need. If it were based on economics I'd have little problem
> with it, but it's not. Beyond that though, I'm worried about the long
> term adverse effects on those who actually need the protection. The
> moratorium may have given them a false sense of security and lead them
> to make bad decisions. Back when I practiced law I did primarily
> debtor bankruptcy and the moratorium is likely causing people to make
> decisions that no competent financial planner would ever advise them
> to make.
>
> Also, you can't even assume someone who rents cannot afford to own.
> They may just not wish to own for many different reasons.
>
> Kary L. Krismer
> 206 723-2148
>
> On 12/17/2020 10:20 AM, Andrew Hay wrote:
>
> I will take the pro moratorium position. Donning my suit of armor
> at the same time…..
>
> This is a time of great economic pain due to a pandemic unequaled
> by any health crisis in 100 years. The moratoriums are a policy
> protecting the most vulnerable people in the population as a whole
> – renters. As a group they are either poor or old or both. They
> are people who can’t afford homes due to lack of wealth.
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