• Annoyed_🦀
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          11 year ago

          Renting a property you own is a business, and repairing property that you rent out is, unsurprisingly, a business expense.

      • @doleo@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        You could just buy a house.

        Can you just step back from the keyboard and realize how stupid what you’ve just said is?

        • @Flumsy@feddit.de
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          -21 year ago

          The fact that you cant buy a house shows that your landlord is providing value to you, because they make living there affordable where it would otherwise be unaffordable.

          My statement still stands: IF they werent providing any value to you (eg. making living there more affordable) then you could just buy a house. (But they do provide value which is why you can afford to rent but not afford to buy a house).

          • @doleo@lemmy.one
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            51 year ago

            Paying a higher amount in rent than a mortgage would be is not making living affordable. They’re exploiting the fact that many people can’t access credit or afford to make a required down payment/stamp duty/legal fees, etc. up front.

            • @Flumsy@feddit.de
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              -11 year ago

              Alright but wouldnt you then say banks, for example, are also exploiting you (because you have to pay an interest when takking out a loan)? Isnt that also exploiting the fact that many people dont have the money upfront"?