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> Obviously, renting needs to be an option Ok, so if you acknowledge that being able to rent is a useful option, it means someone must own a place that gets re
by jjav 2y ago
> Obviously, renting needs to be an option
Ok, so if you acknowledge that being able to rent is a useful option, it means someone must own a place that gets rented out.
> Buying a house for the sole purpose of extracting profit makes you a financial vampire
You just said renting needs to be an option. But now you say nobody should buy a house to rent out for some profit.
So what's left? Should people buy houses to rent out at a loss, as a personal sacrificial service so renters can have a place to rent? Who do you expect to do that?
What's your actual solution proposal?
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoI feel like you only read the parts of my comment that you wanted to read. I basically acknowledged that my view contradicts itself. People need the option to rent, but rent-seeking landlords are terrible people. > What's your actual solution proposal? I literally, word for word, said: "What's the alternative? I don't know. But I don't need to have a solution in mind to point out the problem." The onus of finding a solution does not have to lie with the people pointing out the problem.
- jjav 2y ago> I basically acknowledged that my view contradicts itself. People need the option to rent, but rent-seeking landlords are terrible people. I don't understand how it advances the conversation to say that, without backing it with some level of analysis (even if minimal, back of the envelope kind) of what you'd do differently. > The onus of finding a solution does not have to lie with the people pointing out the problem. It very much does. In most circles it is not considered productive to simply be negative without offering any potential ideas for improvement.