You know how California got sick of greedy companies ripping off people for insulin so now they're going to sell insulin themselves at a reasonable price? Yeah, they should do that with apartments.

Reality is worse than this picture though. The landlords are contributing to all thkse knives and grenades, intentionally.

Smith goes into great detail in "The wealth of Nations" about how landlords are parasites. He explains why theoretically and empirically and gives specific examples. He lacked an understanding of historical materialism, so he wrongly thought capitalism would naturally get rid of them.

I've seen a recent finance bro fad saying renting and investing is better than owning. My brother in Christ my rent was much higher than my mortgage for a shittier spot and I didn't get equity.

I think it would work better if the weapons were firing at the sleeping kid directly from the soldier

That picture is incorrect.

The landlord isn't pictured inside a Porsche SUV.

I once rented a house from friends that were out of the country. We paid exactly their mortgage payment (plus utils and I did and paid for handyman level stuff, they covered big stuff), which was $600 a month less than the market rate for places a step down in quality.

Once we left I told them to increase the rent by $200 for higher insurance and a real handyman and whatever else and it's still a huge favor to anyone they get by word of mouth only. The next couple thought they had won the lottery scoring a place for almost $5000 a year less than the rest of the area.

I had a contract with yearly price adjustment that lasted 3 years. We updated the price on January and in February there was A LOT of inflation in my country so I did get "cheap" rent for that year. When the end of year was approaching we made the math and the new total was outside what we could realistically pay so we ended the contract (paying the respective fees) and she tried to guilt trip us saying how much she had LOST because we adjusted on January.

Good luck with that. I'm not feeling sorry for someone who sits on her ass all day and expects money to just show up on her account. She didn't even fix shit that was going to cause permanent structural damage to the house

Rant incoming. I'm trying to rent a apartment that is less than 1/4th of my salary but I might not get it because the landlord is too stupid to understand 80% of my salary is stocks so they won't show up on a paystub. This is the people that love to label themselves as savvy investors. God damn it. Rant over.

why don't you just buy a house?

My president just consolidated the three branches into one so I'm holding up in case I have to flee.

yeah, 'protecting' us from the very financial strain they create. truly the unsung heroes of our generation. what noble sacrifice.