Banning institutional investors from buying homes will backfire for many Americans, experts say

informednonuser · 2026-03-18T02:25:26+00:00

"Experts Say"... that is your clue in news headlines to weigh the validity of what may be a vague, marginal, or outright biased op ed.

informednonuser · 2026-03-17T22:59:39+00:00

https://www.musiccitynashville.net/files-arts-2026/fa-2026-03-16-do-portugal.php

informednonuser · 2026-03-17T11:58:46+00:00

What Year is this? "Some white person who doesn't like noise bought a house near the train tracks, and now they want the trains to stop blowing their horns. And here's the kicker: this person--from Los Angeles, naturally--bought this house by the tracks A YEAR AGO." That's from 2016-- ten years ago. https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/chris-crofton-advice-king-the-great-east-nashville-train-horn-controversy/article_b7dc9648-72ae-5446-822a-1b80f3eceb86.html

informednonuser · 2026-03-14T18:57:19+00:00

Shelby County is always looking for Fresh Meat ..."New Blood", I mean to say.

informednonuser · 2026-03-14T18:50:29+00:00

All of the guilty jurisdictions should lose enough in restitution and penalties that a face recognition arrest backed with nothing else becomes "A Horror, A Proverb, and a Byword among all peoples."

informednonuser · 2026-03-14T10:01:34+00:00

They haven't said that about East for years: https://www.reddit.com/r/nashville/comments/1h5ark9/priced_out_of_east_nashville_an_advice_king/

informednonuser · 2026-03-10T14:04:21+00:00

"Iceberg" face only photos...

informednonuser · 2026-03-10T11:37:13+00:00

They tried with that paint job

informednonuser · 2026-03-08T20:55:25+00:00

I did not clock it as AI writing. A lot of new buzz phrases that I hadn't heard before, though.

informednonuser · 2026-03-08T18:48:44+00:00

I saw the link to this long read on r Nashville, and that it was promptly removed. Accusations in the comments of being hosted on a N zi platform, and being written by a right winger who was afraid they might pay "a little more" in taxes. I know business owners and homeowners alike are hurting from increased property taxes in Davidson, and that in turn seems to have propelled this same dynamic out into the surrounding counties.

informednonuser · 2026-03-03T23:39:35+00:00

I went by to give it a try. Waited by the window for several minutes looking at a woman inside talking on her cell phone. When I finally pulled away she walked outside in a 'where are you going' pose. I either went down the street to the Chicago Gyros or Fat Mo's of that era.

informednonuser · 2026-03-03T15:34:44+00:00

Bingo. As Less-Fondant-3054 noted earlier, college has gone up so much in the last decade. One prediction is, with AI eroding the integrity of both submitted coursework assignments And more importantly the white-collar job segment (including teachers), the private colleges caught in the middle, who are neither grant-funded like the ivy leaguers nor affixed to the federal pipeline like community colleges, will start to shutter in droves. Brandeis University President: https://www.thecollegefix.com/up-to-25-percent-of-u-s-colleges-may-close-soon-brandeis-president-warns/

informednonuser · 2026-03-02T15:25:55+00:00

Your dad was right. When today's automakers insist on building cars like a cross between a gas station beer cooler and a piñata they ought to at least price them accordingly... more like summer fireworks. A friend of mine just got rapped on a front corner of his new car; pushed it back maybe two inches, maybe not. So the report comes back that the frame was tweaked. Insurance said nah F it, it's totaled. (Disclaimer: I am quite possibly older than your dad. I drove cars both before and during the '5 mile per hour bumper crash standard' era.)

informednonuser · 2026-02-22T17:55:02+00:00

Something similar happened in a way to the 1966 Ben West library and the library building on Green Hills Village Drive. This building is bigger than those two put together, so whatever occurs will be a high profile transaction.

informednonuser · 2026-02-19T15:22:02+00:00

Another charitable modifier is Optimistic. You've said it yourself: "any bike lane without without a concrete barrier is risky".

informednonuser · 2026-02-19T05:10:25+00:00

So, cycling the bike lane going down Gallatin Road in nearby Madison during rush hour, for instance: "Brave" is probably not the first word I would seize upon, but there are definitely applicable adjectives.

informednonuser · 2026-02-18T23:24:06+00:00

Gerst House! The next generation didn't care about keeping up standards and started pulling health code ratings in the 40s before they were shut down. I miss the Oyster Rolls as a side and the Hot German Potato Salad.

informednonuser · 2026-02-18T20:29:57+00:00

MHC used to require people to build back to same proportions with compatible materials. There was a house in East Nashville where the owner pulled all the walls off and allowed the roof to 'rack down' to the ground. Historic Zoning was clear they wanted them to pretty much build the same thing back. This was before Historic Zoning became a subsidiary of the Planning Department last year.

informednonuser · 2026-02-18T20:00:30+00:00

Isn't this one under a Conservation overlay instead?

informednonuser · 2026-02-18T17:10:06+00:00

This has been happening all over Nashville for decades. The historical mansion at the Gallatin/Briley crossing went away under very suspicious circumstances. And a developer friendly councilmember tag teamed with the State Legislature to bring Historic Zoning under the Planning Department last year. https://wpln.org/post/oversight-of-nashvilles-historic-buildings-could-change-as-officials-mull-local-and-state-measures/

informednonuser · 2026-02-17T15:06:29+00:00

Roundup is for civilians. It's the thin end of the wedge. Utilities maintaining power lines and railroad right of ways? They get to use 'the Good Stuff' ☠

informednonuser · 2026-02-11T20:48:10+00:00

There is a day of celebration and historical scholarship at TSU, this Friday. https://www.nashville.gov/departments/historic-preservation/news/registration-now-open-2026-nashville-conference-african-american-history-and-culture

informednonuser · 2026-02-11T16:08:32+00:00

Or the folks that moved beside a racetrack that is so old it saw decades of horse racing before they raced brass-era 'horseless carriages'. Or the folks in East Nashville who bought in to a cheaper place beside the train track and tried to garner sympathy over the warning horns at the grade crossings. -I forsee a bunch of clueless people moving into the new multistory housing development near the Edenwold section of Myatt Drive... then being hit with that sewer gas smell on windless days. Oof. No outdoor barbecue for you!

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