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Re:Americans still think they can make money flipping houses by chrisseaton on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:00PM (#32037052)
How much do you think it cost to build houses a couple hundred years ago?
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Re:Americans still think they can make money flipping houses by s1artibartfast on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:11PM (#32037150)
In some places it was and times, it was literally free. The government would give you the land and you would build a house using your own labor and materials on that land
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