Tax benefits aside, the floating lifestyle is high-maintenance and high-cost compared to a condo.

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Functions that are outsourced by most companies payroll, IT, maintenance, janitorial are often performed in-house (at very high cost).

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The cost of burying cables makes it prohibitive, even without the ease of maintenance provided by suspended high voltage lines.

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