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Re:62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings, Survey Finds by toomuchtodo on Thursday October 08, 2015 @06:28PM (#10356812)
Not even having a lot of money. Their service is having a credit score high enough to obtain low-rate mortgages, which they then arbitrage against "market rate rent".

People complain we shouldn't subsidize people buying homes who can't afford them. Then why the f____ are we subsidizing landlords instead?

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Re:62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings, Survey Finds by branchless on Friday October 09, 2015 @07:53AM (#10359426)
Yeah you get it. Worrying how bad HN is at economics.
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