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The thing about the rich leaving is.... It doesn't matter if they do. What actual work do they do to produce the profits? Absolutely fuck all.
Imagine for a moment that all billionaires suddenly left the county. They'd effectively be abandoning their properties, which so long as progressive policies are in place, wouldn't create a power vacuum where another rich asshole steps in and does the same or worse than the last one.
WE are the producers. Implement progressive policy, make work more fair and everyone except the leaches (ownership leaches, not the disabled) benefit.
Again, as you stated, progressive policy is the way to first, make the leaches leave, but also make the leaving not further destructive to society as a whole.
They wouldn't...
They can't take a fucking skyscraper with them, and they still pay property tax where it's at.
That's why I'm saying if you wanted to keep them, you'd drastically raise property tax, with a reduction for states residents. Especially when talking housing, that would be huge.
A homestead taxed at 5% or an investment property at 25% means investment firms aren't just going to stop buying, they'll start selling. Which would solve but at least alleviate the housing crisis.
Like, specifically NYC, they're in a weird situation they want to reduce the price of real estate. It can't happen too fast tho or it 08 all over again.
But the best thing to reduce real estate prices, is taxing the fuck out of investment properties. Maybe throw a multi-year plan out there so it gets more and more painful every year. That way it's not a fire sale all at once.
We have plenty of options, we just need to elect politicians willing to use them