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Can't you rent real estate assets, making it positive sum?

• imtringued 5y ago
  The building is positive sum like any other investment. Nothing prevents you from building more. Land is zero sum for obvious reasons.
  • arcticbull 5y ago
    Not all investments are positive sum - metals are zero sum, proof of work coins are negative sum. You can’t build a building on top of nothing so if land has a building on it you can apportion some of the productivity of the building to the land itself. Agreed land without improvements is zero sum.
    • sudosysgen 5y ago
      I didn't mean for society, I really meant for the investors, and investor in real estate has the option to rent it out so buyers of real estate operate a positive sum business.
  • sudosysgen 5y ago
    I'm not talking about zero sum to society. I mean to investors. Land isn't zero sum because you can rent it out.
    • nightski 5y ago
      By that definition you can lend your crypto as well making it positive sum.
      • sudosysgen 5y ago
        When you lend your crypto you're transferring ownership, when you rent you aren't. So crypto loans only make money through interest while land makes rent well over interest.