• Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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      Yes, nothing. Except for repair and maintenance and servicing all those cost and insurance and worrying the tenant doesn’t pay and all those headache people never forsee. Nothing.

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        1 year ago

        You mean all the stuff they can easily outsource and still make a profit? You make it sound like landlords are doing us a favor.

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            Why don’t I just become a billionaire too while I’m at it? Oh right, because I can’t just opt into having the money to be part of the ownership class.

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              Exactly and where did the money come from? They earned it until they had enough to invest in a house.

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                  Yes, actually. Where do you think their money came from? (Alternatively their relatives may have earned it, that shouldnt make a difference for you though).

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                    that shouldn’t make a difference for you though

                    How convenient, next you’ll be telling me to just take out a small loan of $1m from my parents.

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            “if you can’t fix the problem, just become part of it!” Great advice mate 😂

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              How dare they provide so much value to you that you feel the need to give them a good amount of your money.

              What part is the “problem” exactly?

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                Exactly, as a person of land myself this crowd doesn’t appreciate the amount of effort I put into making the houses I own livable for you profit streams. There are costs associated, which means I’m the one truly being exploited here, not the people paying me to live in my extra home.

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          Nope, i make it sounds like you’re someone that’s never think beyond their own perspective.

          Edit: to add, it’s survivor bias to think that all home owner on earth are earning huge money from the property and can afford to outsource the work and still make profit.

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            “Anyone who disagrees with me is living in a bubble!”

            Childish actuations make you sound like a child.

            • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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              Ohh you’re not? Because your point doesn’t seems like you’re anywhere outside the bubble of your own. Maybe try a better argument perhaps? Or you can keep whining idk i don’t really care.

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            Renting a property you own is a business, and repairing property that you rent out is, unsurprisingly, a business expense.

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        1 year ago

        They seem to provide some kind of vakue to you, otherwise you could just buy a house.

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          You could just buy a house.

          Can you just step back from the keyboard and realize how stupid what you’ve just said is?

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            The fact that you cant buy a house shows that your landlord is providing value to you, because they make living there affordable where it would otherwise be unaffordable.

            My statement still stands: IF they werent providing any value to you (eg. making living there more affordable) then you could just buy a house. (But they do provide value which is why you can afford to rent but not afford to buy a house).

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              Paying a higher amount in rent than a mortgage would be is not making living affordable. They’re exploiting the fact that many people can’t access credit or afford to make a required down payment/stamp duty/legal fees, etc. up front.

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                Alright but wouldnt you then say banks, for example, are also exploiting you (because you have to pay an interest when takking out a loan)? Isnt that also exploiting the fact that many people dont have the money upfront"?