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What a benevolent lord! (media.kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

If it wasn't for scalpers, where would people buy concert tickets??

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you heard a construction worker say something like that standing infront of the building they worked on you would still think he is a bit full of himself.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, another landlord would own it and charge 3× as much. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ah, the "I am a smaller asshole, because others are bigger assholes (but I am still an asshole)" argument

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (12 children)

To play Devil's Advocate, the people would only still live there without risk of inescapable debt if they had the qualifications to obtain a loan and pay down payment, as well as means to continue making payments until the property sells again or is paid off. Getting evicted by a landlord sucks but it's still way better than owing the bank money because they can and will come after you for it.

On the flip side, though, you can still get equity from paying a mortgage, so it's possible to sell the property and if it sells fast enough you could pay off the loan without excess interest during hard times.

Buying property comes with risks that renting properties do not have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I am so tired of the argument that "renters can't afford to buy the property."

Is the landlord making a profit? If Rent - Costs = Profit then the people who can afford the rent can afford the costs, and the money that would have been profit for the landlord can instead be savings for emergencies (that the landlord would have paid out of the same funds while still making a profit.)