I didn’t realize muscle was so flabby

At least then they could afford to have a heart attack. Heck, have two

They can issue orders. Not all are legal. But since they replaced the JAGs, this might be closer to reality.

Niooce.

Well, AOC is often only referred to by her initials

More reason to get off Google maps

Ooo! Those are good alternatives. I’ll give em a read through. It might solve something on my end.

Say I want to move cities for a new job. There are at least two uncertainties I need to resolve -

1. will this job work out for the long term?
2. will I like this city at all (or know where to buy)?

This prevents me from wanting to buy immediately.

What prevents me from selling immediately is losing a stable footing I can plan around if the new city doesn’t work out. More broadly for everyone in this situation though is the cash sits.

I will need to buy immediately or park it in some investment that keeps pace/liquid enough to convert back to a house, which requires additional knowledge/research.

So to be risk averse, sitting on the house is generally a safe default…

But thank you for starting me on considering this as an options and what parameters need to be met to make sense.

This advice is indistinguishable from unsolicited mail wanting to buy houses in cash at above market rate… Presumably so Blackrock can jack it up, restrict supply, and charge way more while doing way less.

Which is exactly what OP post is trying to fix.

I’m not a hero, but I’m doing what’s fair given the system we have. Even I’m saying this is fucked, but it’s the best I can do to affect things for the better.

As a current landlord about to extend a lease at exactly the same terms for 3rd year in a row (and I fix everything within 24 hours) - I agree with this too.

It’s ridiculous that my largest store of value is a speculation bubble and a piece of paper with my name on it

/s

Here you go. You forgot this.