You are are applying the standard definition of rent/rent seeking used by economists. But MichaelBurge's post is using the language of the original article, wh

You are are applying the standard definition of rent/rent seeking used by economists. But MichaelBurge's post is using the language of the original article, which claims that renting out an apartment, or making capital gains from a business, "rent seeking". So MichaelBurge is making a valid critique of the original article, whether or not the article was correct in using the term "rent seeking"