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Can you agree it's at least exploitative?
It can be exploitative, but it's not automatically so. Both parties benefit from the agreement in different ways.
I don't get how this above conversation isn't just /thread.
7 people who downvoted, care to explain? Genuinely curious what your take is.
Of course it's exploitative, that isn't a question. The entire purpose of rent is to exploit. The down voters are people who recognize that it's complete nonsense to suggest housing rental could ever not be exploitative.
Last I looked into the difference, (in my area) if you planned to stay longer than three years, owning was the cheaper option. Less than that you'd be better off renting. Assuming no big house repairs of course, and no crazy house value changes.
I don't mean to be shocking, but this feels very much like "she orgasmed when I molested her".
The other option is homelessness. You rent at the barrel of a gun. How could you possibly call that consent?
I dunno man. When we moved into our apartment we got a new water heater, new washer/dryer, new kitchen sink, and HVAC repaired within the first couple weeks. We've gotten multiple smaller things fixed as well including exterior tuck pointing to fix a leak.
Sometimes I lament not owning, but that would have all been out of pocket if we had bought a property as is with those issues. Didn't cost us a dime.
There are undeniable benefits to renting. I rent. It's still a for-profit business in the end, though, and per capitalism, they'll fuck you as hard as you let them.
But I also fuck them as hard as they let me. And in my city and state, which have very strong tenants' rights protections, my fucking goes a long way.
It's important to be aware of the fact that as long as we allow landlords to exist, they will work tirelessly to get rid of all of these regulations. They have the money and power to do so, and their condition depends on it.
Good on you.
It's hard for most people who see rent rise faster than salary. Which is the case for most of the United States.
You say that as if the cost of home ownership isn't also increasing faster than salary. This is not a function of landlords/renting.
Agreeing: Appliances, repairs, taxes, HOA fees, and utilities are all going up in cost faster than salary. The only homeowner cost I can think of that isn't going up is my mortgage, which is fixed-rate. With a variable-rate mortgage, even that could be going up.