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Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

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Sucks that SF is decay. But about the title - That's VERY Good! Humanity and society does not need an occupation identified as a "landlord". Housing should not be an investment ever.

What other arbitrary rules about investments do you have?

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

#4

Sucks that SF is decay. But about the title - That's VERY Good! Humanity and society does not need an occupation identified as a "landlord". Housing should not be an investment ever.

What other arbitrary rules about investments do you have?

Not OP, but probably that "fulfilling basic human needs shouldn't be for profit"

I'm a colossal fan of co-ops and credit unions for this reason.

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

#5

Sucks that SF is decay. But about the title - That's VERY Good! Humanity and society does not need an occupation identified as a "landlord". Housing should not be an investment ever.

Not sure it’s an “occupation” for most. I make less than 5% of my monthly living expenses off my rental property and treat my tenants with the care I’d treat my own family.

I’m not sure a few bad actors taking advantage of people warrants statements like, “Housing should not be an investment ever.”

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

#6

Sucks that SF is decay. But about the title - That's VERY Good! Humanity and society does not need an occupation identified as a "landlord". Housing should not be an investment ever.

Suppose you don't have enough money to buy real estate right now but you have enough to rent an apartment. If you don't want to be homeless, from whom do you acquire a lease?

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What other arbitrary rules about investments do you have?

Not OP, but probably that "fulfilling basic human needs shouldn't be for profit" I'm a colossal fan of co-ops and credit unions for this reason.

Why do you want those needs to go unfulfilled?

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

#8

Sucks that SF is decay. But about the title - That's VERY Good! Humanity and society does not need an occupation identified as a "landlord". Housing should not be an investment ever.

Not sure it’s an “occupation” for most. I make less than 5% of my monthly living expenses off my rental property and treat my tenants with the care I’d treat my own family. I’m not sure a few bad actors taking advantage of people warrants statements like, “Housing should not be an investment ever.”

nice defense, but you realize that edit many landlords are not like that at all.. the court system here in Alameda County California has a backlog of a decade+ for extremely abusive landlords

Re: San Francisco Landlords may lose everything [video]

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What other arbitrary rules about investments do you have?

Not OP, but probably that "fulfilling basic human needs shouldn't be for profit" I'm a colossal fan of co-ops and credit unions for this reason.

So if you fulfill basic human needs you aren't allowed to make a profit but every other industry can?
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