Have you ever lived on a co-op?
In a co-op, you are a partial owner of the property. You still have to go through all the hurdles to get a mortgage, but it’s not difficult. Plus you have to deal with the risk of other co-op members defaulting on their loan. And you still have to participate in the maintenance and responsibilities. It’s not as simple as just renting a place.
https://www.ratehub.ca/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-co-op-property/
There is some advantages to renting sometimes. I don’t think all properties should be for ownership only.
If you have to stay somewhere temporarily for a few years and intend on eventually moving, maybe you don’t want to go through all the hassle of buying a property. Renting is a simpler solution.
Or if you don’t want to be responsible for your residence, its maintenance, fees, taxes, etc. and rather let someone else take care of it, you can rent and let the landlord take care of everything.
Of course, capitalism and greed completely fucked up the whole system. Without strong regulation, there’s going to be abuses by anyone driven by greed.
Not all landlords are rat bastards. Some actually do care about their tenants and their well being and comfort. Just as there are tenants who just wreck everything in their residence and make a living hell for their neighbors and landlord.
I’ve been on both sides. I rented for nearly 10 years and had to deal with an asshole landlord at the beginning. The new landlord kept my rent the same for 8 years because she didn’t want to lose me since I was a good tenant who took care of my home. When my girlfriend and I finally moved in together, she kept her condi and decided to rent it in case our relationship didn’t work out after moving in together. And she’s had some awful tenants who destroyed her place. Right now she has good tenants and we’re doing our best to provide them a comfortable living space while being fair. We’re not looking to make profit off the tenants. Hell she’s even renting lower than what it actually costs to keep the place! Losing a couple of thousands per year on taxes and condo fees and replacing furniture when it breaks.
But, I gotta say, the rental market is plagued with greedy sociopaths and it’s hard to feel any sympathy towards any landlord.
Ah ok. I might be wrong then. Normally politicians get a rental unit to live in near their place of government.
In some areas there’s nothing but plexes available. I’d say one plex=one property. Even if it has multiple units.
The one in Washington DC is rented and paid for by taxpayers. It’s part of the perks of being a politician.
I understand. I’m just sick that one side keeps advocating it and using it while the other just takes it and only protests.
No, of course they’re not going to disappear. But their leader, the man behind which they really, will be gone. I doubt there will be someone else as charismatic or as famous as Trump that will be able to really the people like he did. Plus there would be infighting within the party to find the new republican candidate.
There wouldn’t be a world war. What are you even saying??? There’s no other nation involved.
Killing the man could potentially save countless lives, avoid a potential civil war at the least and maybe even avoid major international conflicts where the US would actually associate with rogue countries and leaders and leave it’s regular allies.
Europeans are actually working towards a possible scenario where Trump gets elected and stops supporting them in favor of Russia!
If anything, Trump could be the the potential spark to start world war 3!
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Those AI electricity bills don’t pay for themselves.
You can criticize Biden, and you would be right. But I’m asking the question again. What would you rather have?
I know Democrats are stuck with a shit candidate right now that supports an apartheid state currently committing genocide. And I know they’re fully exploiting the fact that their opponent is Mussolini 2.0.
I know they’re very critical of the current candidate, but what would they rather have? A psychopath extreme right dictator in charge of the world largest surveillance agencies, military force and nuclear arsenal, as well as one of the world’s leading economy and biggest influence on the planet? Or a relatively sensible paraissent whose only flaw right now is supporting one wrong nation and whose position can potentially be changed on the matter?
No but I mean it didn’t take a fucking protest to convince them. They did what was right.
SEE HOW EASY IT IS, <insert university here>!!!
This is literally the episode of 30 Rock I watched yesterday. Season 3 episode 15 I think?
Not just that, but get fair value for the material.
Not how companies got basically carte blanche to extract however much they can get and then claim no profit when taxes come around.
You know what?
GOOD!
Every nation should be doing that.
I know it’s RFK and he’s a bit of a wacko. But, you gotta wonder how far are magazines going to go to bait people into reading their articles to get clicks and advertisement money. RFK seems a bit of an easy target for that.
The sexual assault allegations don’t surprise me, but the dog eating part?
I think some of these statements have to be taken with a grain of salt.
Thanks!
I don’t mind the hardware. It can be useful.
What I do mind is the software running on my PC sending all my personal information and screenshots and keystrokes to a corporation that will use all of it for profit to build user profile to send targeted advertisement and can potentially be used against me.