I see the value of RealPage to investors. I offer owners of the largest apartment communities are coordinating on rent through the data share. Is it legal-yes? Is it suboptimal? One could argue rents at their highest possible levels is still free market competition and most efficient, simply because there is less information asymmetry for owners. Does the rent eat first? Yes.
You’re standing on the slope of a mountain of land use regulation analyzing the importance of a mole hill of data sharing. The mole hill is irrelevant. It couldn’t even be relevant if the moles really wanted it to be.
I see the value of RealPage to investors. I offer owners of the largest apartment communities are coordinating on rent through the data share. Is it legal-yes? Is it suboptimal? One could argue rents at their highest possible levels is still free market competition and most efficient, simply because there is less information asymmetry for owners. Does the rent eat first? Yes.
You’re standing on the slope of a mountain of land use regulation analyzing the importance of a mole hill of data sharing. The mole hill is irrelevant. It couldn’t even be relevant if the moles really wanted it to be.
I suspect there is something to this "supply and demand" idea.
Reverse psychology?
Just calling balls and strikes.
I’ll find this post again 10 years from now and think “why’d I have to be such an ass?”