If you think saving for a house only takes 1 year, then I’ve got news for you.

What?!? How is $1,300/year on iced coffee not a fiscal impact for your average American? That’s like 2% the gross median annual salary. 

GREAT idea for a camping breakfast...I don’t know why that didn’t add up immediately, so thanks for the push in that direction.  Absolutely on the menu next trip, also a great dish for the boat. 

My mother in law going through chemo who got covid and survived- most likely because of being vaccinated- would disagree with you.

Or just invite me.  I’m the guy who rolls his eyes at everybody standing around, not wanting to be the first to eat.  My wife says I am being impatient but we all know I am contributing a vital service.  Without the me’s of the world, we’d all starve in sight of a buffet full of food.

I didn’t think the aggression was that passive

For the record, it aint all sunshine and rainbow farts up here. We got a lot of our own shit. Which has actually been getting worse and worse due to America exporting it’s rightwing maga trumpism globally. I’ve lost a friends and family ever since that orange ballsack came down that escalator. And it’s only lookin’ to…

i’ve sometimes had problems with small landlords providing a subpar service.

“There’s also a lot of corporate owned rental complexes that are vacant, but booked on paper”

Young very-online people hate landlords because there aren’t young very-online landlords (they instead went into tech and moved to expensive zip codes). Also, landlords are employed with steady incomes, so they’re also well outside of the involuntarily unemployed (“antiwork” and iphone commies) crowd. It’s basically…

It doesn’t matter who owns or manages the rentals; if there is abundant housing, prices are more affordable. At the end of the day, the problem is affordability, which is purely driven by supply/demand. 

You’re talking about a monopoly of the entire housing market in a region, which is NOT what is happening. It is magical thinking that there is some magic-bullet law or regulation that will just make all housing cost less without having to actually build more of it.

Corporations can’t just unilaterally raise prices. Prices are going up because supply is lower as compared to demand. 

You’re mixing up a landlord (the owner of the capital) with the property manager (the guy who fixes your sink).

LMAO, JUST BUILD HOUSING. Christ, Progressives will look for any excuse to be mad at a single person and then completely ignore the underlying cause of the problem.

I have no defense of corporate landlords but back in the day I chose that over renting from an individual. Option A was corporate owned modern high-rise with elevator, doorman, live in super, roof deck and gym. Option B was a crappy walkup for $50 less a month because that was the “going rate” according to the owner.

Right... All those people that don’t want to maintain a property, or don’t want the hassle of getting a water heater fixed, or lack the down payment to buy property, are getting nothing for what they pay? Sorry, but landlords buy the property, and are the ones responsible for keeping it functioning. I’ve rented, and…

So if your landlord is not providing value, why have one? You can always just go buy a place on your own. What, you can’t or don’t want to “for reasons”? Well I guess THAT is the value that your landlord is providing, now isn’t it?

This is a joke, right? This has to be a joke.

I get the hate but also don’t get it.  The market determines the rent.  Any sane landlord will try and get the most per month.  Also, landlords own almost all the risk.