https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/why-think-many-people-better-off-renting-2021-11

  • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    What universe are you only paying $300 a month in property tax on a $1300 mortgage???

    If you don’t think I’ve had to rent in a city in the last 20 years, I promise you I wish that were the case…

    Also, you realize that homeownership is also a scam that forces you to pay the same expenses plus profits for a bank, right?

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      $2000/year in property tax

      And renting is a scam that makes you pay the homeowner's profits, the banks profits, and your boss's profits.

      • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        $2000 is insanely low in property tax on a mortgage that costs $1300. Like, even in small towns you should expect property taxes of twice that, in a small city you should expect three times that. And add home maintenance too.

        That second sentence is just a word salad. Most landlords don’t have mortgages so there’s no bank’s profits, and your boss has nothing to do with whether you own a home or rent. Are you under the impression that once you buy a home you can write a letter to your boss and they have to start giving you the surplus value of your labor?

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          No I'm just pointing out that you are now paying a landlord's profit on top of the bank profits and the boss profits.

          And lots of the landlords out here are in fact on mortgages which is why rents are so high