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Re:Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt by itsoktocry on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:45PM (#29085704)
>our politicians are just too cowardly to decommodify housing

I'll be 90% or more own multiple houses.

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Re:Zillow seeks to sell 7k homes for $2.8B after flipping halt by adrianmonk on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:40PM (#29087054)
Make it 5 houses per person (10 for married couples), then.

Plenty of families out there own rental houses as an investment, which I think is a good thing. It allows people an alternative to investments like the stock market if they aren't into that, and it gives a path to turn labor into wealth through DIY maintenance, repairs, and improvements.

Plus it allows individuals to better manage situations like parents dying and leaving them a house that they may not want to sell immediately.

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