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we are talking about housing, not a stock. two totally, extremely, incredibly different asset classes.
by greenie_beans 3y ago
we are talking about housing, not a stock. two totally, extremely, incredibly different asset classes.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe only real difference is the housing market is far less liquid than stocks are. Check out REITs, Real Estate Investment Trusts. You can buy shares in REITs, and hence shares in real estate. People also borrow money on their homes in order to invest the money. When you buy shares, the shares represent something - a piece of Amazon, for example. They're a lot more alike than you suggest.
- greenie_beans 3y agoi'll give you that: they are both "assets" that can be bought, sold, and leveraged against. but i can't live in a stock. i can't rent out a stock for somebody else to live in. i can't burn down a stock. i can't hide in a stock from the police. i can't find a dark place inside my stock to cry. i can't take a hot bath in a stock. i can't cook three meals a day in a stock. i can't sit at my desk all day and make a tech salary in a stock. i can't raise kids in a stock. i can't sleep in one. i can't start an ecommerce business in a stock. can't sell drugs in a stock. i can't walk inside a stock i can't fuck in one i can't even kill myself in a stock. i can't i can't i can't give this argument any energy.