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"Investment" in this context is personal investment as a primary residence. You seem to be purposefully missing the point or cherry picking a singular definitio
by adamhp 4y ago
"Investment" in this context is personal investment as a primary residence. You seem to be purposefully missing the point or cherry picking a singular definition of the word. The OP is literally a book about how to build a good home for yourself that is affordable. I'm fairly certain 90% of the audience on HN understand the housing crisis that exists and no one here is arguing for more rent-seeking with this book.
- Ensorceled 4y agoROI: Return on investment (ROI) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. What do you think it means? "Enjoyment of my property" is an important aspect of a Cost-Benefit Analysis but it's not ROI. Anyway, it a is a singular problem in an otherwise laudable process.
- cantaloupe 4y agoUsing that definition, “efficiency of an investment” is quite apt for the characteristics of a home which do not involve monetary return. In other words, I want as much X for every dollar I put in. X can be comfort, curb appeal, U-value, etc.