i just totally agree. it's a massive predatory grift - consume, strip, dump.

this is my exact point. you're not describing industry there - industry adds value to stuff to produce goods and services.

leveraging finance and preferential tax treatment to buy houses and rent them for margins isn't a service, it's exploitation.

Tom... you just aren't in the group chat

Now house *building* is an industry.

More. Even more than others...

Rental property is needed, absolutely. But the idea that they're a productive contributor to the economy is not real. They're a literal parasite.

Welcome to the future e hoa.

Yep. First question should be what do we need, *then* can we afford it. Then, what do we want

How long till homeless are volunteering is a question...

Oooo... looks interesting. Will have to check if NZ streams offer it though :/

It is, I really enjoyed it and I'm sceptical on that franchise

Doh! It was from Raging Bull

With Satan you get to the spiral quicker