Real estate investors and even regular old homeowners have always looked liked geniuses for exactly this reason. When the dollar loses value every year, loans are cheap, mortgages are subsidized and largely purchased by the government, and the supply of new housing is constrained, the absolute smartest investment to make is in real estate.
Seems like a housing price crash and AirBnB regulation would make them look a little bit less like geniuses, no? A lot of people have a hard time spending >$500k on very basic or even dilapidated homes across the USA. I'd enjoy seeing the speculators left holding the bag on massive losses if those prices return to normal AND they lose their main revenue stream.
> Seems like a housing price crash and AirBnB regulation would make them look a little bit less like geniuses, no?
Idk, I know of a ton of RE investors who would love prices to go down, precisely so that they can pick up more properties. And even if the town you're operating in outright bans AirBnBs, there are ways to pivot into other short-term rentals like furnished 3-month rentals for traveling nurse.
