• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Depends what you define as landlord.

      Guy who owns 2-3 duplexes in the city? Nah.

      Big time landlord who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars from thousands of properties? BOIL EM!!!

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        3 days ago

        Exactly. I’m living in a triplex that sold for $1.4 million last year. My rent is less than 1/3 a 30 year mortgage (with a 3.5% down payment). My old landlord set the right price. I hope my new landlord does the same.

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        4 days ago

        the guy who owns 2-3 duplexes can (and are incentivised) to be as cruel and inhumane as possible by the same capitalist forces.

        if you ask me, rent shouldn’t be a thing. once you paid the value of the house in rent you should be able to claim it as your own.

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          3 days ago

          Based on that definition you never stop paying. Homes values constantly go up. My dad bought a house in the 1970s. 33k.

          Today the house has a value of 300k. Took him 30 years to pay off the original mortgage.

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            3 days ago

            part of the reason house prices are always on the up, is because they agree considered an investment not a basic necessity. so there’s no interest in building more.

            a house shouldn’t cost more than construction cost.