• iopq@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s not so simple, my mom purchased a property with her divorce settlement and the return on the investment can be good, but it can also be not as good. She remodeled an Oregon property in Salem and sold it for less than cost later. While she did get rent for it before she sold, she could have saved a lot of effort just buying dividend stocks.

    Real estate can be a good investment, but it can be a poor one.

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      8 months ago

      This isn’t relevant to the meme at all though.

      Also if your asking me to feel bad for someone trying to make a profit off acting as a middleman to a basic human need you’re barking up the wrong tree.

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            8 months ago

            My mom is the landlord and remodeling houses IS her work. She was a stay at home mom until I grew up, that’s what she does for a living after she divorced my dad. She lives on the rent of her properties while she does each project

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              8 months ago

              She lives on the rent of her properties

              This is exactly the thing people have issues with. The whole “I am the breadwinner of my landlord’s household.”

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                8 months ago

                That’s why I thought she should just buy stocks and live off dividends instead. I mean, any investment has a rate of return or people would not buy it

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                  8 months ago

                  Yup, and housing shouldn’t be an investment. It can be affordable, or an investment, not both.

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                    8 months ago

                    Then you should support less zoning restrictions and lower development fees to increase the availability of housing.