• kibiz0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
    861·
    9 months ago

    Look, I’m just setting my rent according to an analysis of the current market rate for similar properties.

    Yes, that analysis is provided by the same company that does estimates for the other properties.

    No, I’ve never heard of “price fixing”. Look, your avocado toast is super expensive and it’s cuz the government gave you $600 three years ago so PAY MY MORTGAGE ALREADY YOU EASILY REPLACEABLE COW IN A PEN.

    • angrymouse@lemmy.world
      1653·
      9 months ago

      There is no price fixing, if you dont like it, go build your own house, this is free market

      Edit: everyone taking my comment serious is 11/10

      • bi_tux@lemmy.world
        15·
        9 months ago

        yes, and if you’re homeless just buy a house

        btw, it’s not a free market if it’s controlled by a hand full of companies

          • Ignotum@lemmy.world
            3·
            9 months ago

            Slavery is immoral

            Instead, make being poor illegal (arrest people who can’t pay for the essentials), arrest them, and THEN use them as slaves, it’s fine since they’re criminals

      • Aceticon@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        Clearly they must be giving out free land in good places to live (near were all the jobs are), free materials and free time over there.

        It’s either that or that house you mention is supposed to be made out of opinions and built in fantasy la-la-land, as it’s only how the materials and places to put it in would be endless and free.

        • Alteon@lemmy.world
          0·
          9 months ago

          I mean I get both sides here. We live in a free market economy, where the scarcity of something affects the cost of it. People want land close to the city and there’s an extremely limited amount of it. If there are n*100 people and only n parcels of land in a small area, how do you provide it to people? Do you sell it? Is it a lottery system? Is the land sold at a base value that never changes? Like, how do you envision this going?

          Right now, people have to freedom to buy as much land as they want and set the pricing for that land. What we need is a property owner tax that scales up depending on the amount of property that you own. Though this will just make more land available. No one in their right mind will sell it for less than it’s worth though.

          • justJanne@startrek.website
            01·
            9 months ago

            If parcel A has a property value of X

            And parcel B has a property value of 2X

            Then you can have the same rent on both of them if building B is twice as tall as building A.

            The whole “single family residential only” zoning in the US is the issue.

    • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      Yeah! Do you know some people don’t even tip anymore? Like what happened to the common decency in America?

    • nodsocket@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 months ago

      I already had to go to therapy after reading this post. No problem, I’ll just increase the rent to compensate

  • MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
    541·
    9 months ago

    One must bring the water to a boil slowly. Now how are you going to have your mortgage paid for? Looks like youll need to delay your Vail ski trip or, heaven forbid, combine it with your Aspen trip

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
      221·
      9 months ago

      Goodness, I can’t imagine only ONE vacation per year! Buy a single family home and rent it at twice the cost of the mortgage to make ends meet. It’s hard work not doing anything all year!

  • JustUseMint@lemmy.world
    452·
    9 months ago

    Perhaps this single mother should’ve tried just getting a better job, or just simply work a second hell why not even a third. Sounds like lazyness to me.

  • nodsocket@lemmy.world
    431·
    9 months ago

    Sad! She couldn’t stop buying avocados and Starbucks I guess. Well at least now that’s she’s gone you can charge double to the next tenant.

    • coaxil@lemmy.world
      9·
      9 months ago

      Selling off the organs seems like it would be less annoying then dealing with a child longer term.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    5·
    9 months ago

    Good news kids! Your mom killing herself in here wrecked the property value so I can lower your rent!