Include Trading Properties under Property Flipping (Rule 1.1)

[Fancy Toothpaste]

Rule 1.1 of the Property Rules & Regulations states: 
 

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1.1 Property Flipping -

Purchasing a property, with the sole intention of selling it once you're able to after the 14 day property lock at a higher price is considered property flipping, and repeat offenders will be punished accordingly. 

I believe this rule should be altered to explicitly include players who buy properties with the sole intention to trade them after the 2 week period is up. By not selling the property, and instead trading the property, some players have managed to skirt around the rule as it is written, despite their actions being equally as harmful to the server's housing market.

Players who buy properties only to trade them soon after as a means of attaining a more "desirable" property are in fact hurting the server's housing economy. It shows that these players had no intention to roleplay their character in that respective area, and are only using these newly acquired properties as a stepping stone on their path to get what they really want. All the while, by taking these properties off the market and excluding their availability to players who own properties that they desire, they are depriving other players of the ability to roleplay in these areas.

Someone should not buy a house in Rancho, only to try and trade it soon after for a house in Vespucci Canals. By doing so, they have deprived players who actively sought to roleplay and own property in Rancho of the availability of that property.

Rule 1.1 was made with the intention to stop players from treating their properties as mere monetary assets to be bartered, traded, and sold for whatever intention they desire. Properties should be treated as assets to assist in roleplay, not a means of attaining a property somewhere else.
 

[Montana Fats]

+1

 

Tired of people trading Properties as soon as they purchase them, tired of players purchasing the very few County Properties, never using them and then trading them for a house in the City.

[Matchbox]

Big support +1

 

 

Fix the loophole!

[Vassilios]

+1

 

I find it ridiculous that people use properties as trading chips.

[ThatDutchPerson]

Completely agree, a house was up for trade from Paleto Bay for one in Mirror Park not even 10 days after purchase. Property traders are property flippers and they’re the worst.

[Busy]

It's very unrealistic that people are allowed to use properties as a bargaining/trading piece.  

[Wuhtah]

Thanks for the feedback - However, I am going to lock this thread as I feel like this will start turning into a pitchfork and torch type thread. I will bring it up to Frezemis. If he choses to unlock this to get more feedback, we will move from there. 

[Selena]

Hi!

 

As Wuhtah specified nicely, I’ll talk to Frezemis in the comings days about making amends and update the rules. Keep an eye for this weekend 🙂