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by holdenk 2201 days ago
Except in places like San Francisco with rent-controlled housing.
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That’s exactly the case I’m describing in the second paragraph. I don’t understand what this has to do with the “option” scenario claimed by the post I replied to.

It maybe looks like the landlord is selling a years rent for x and buying a put for the next years rent at y (and recursively options for the later years), but it isn’t really like a put either because it’s really a right-to-try-to-sell rather than a right-to-sell.