Rent Control - Good or Bad? 4th of July Events 2018
By Tony Lewis, Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo
(Summit Real Estate Group)
Family, Friends & Clients,There seems to be differing views of what is right or wrong when it comes to the real estate market. Ask someone if they like rent control and the answer from home owners and investors is polar opposite from those that are not home owners. Rent control makes owning an investment property a bad investment. Take the career of a Realtor such as us. We have no pension and could never survive on savings or social security so we have invested in rental properties as a way to secure our financial future. Prices rise every year and the value of our homes go up with these increases. Our income rises enough to cover increased taxes and maintenance fees. If our investment properties were changed to rent control costs would continue to rise yet our income would decr...
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