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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

just move out and pay your own mortgage? nobody is forcing you daddies to live there. dank meme tho.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

literally that easy 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

but but but the meme said the tenants will pay for it idgi

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever heard of a little thing called 'the rent trap'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

nope, but i’m sure you’ll find a way to explain it without sounding condescending

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

without sounding condescending

Because you've been setting a great example.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

this is literally reddit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean, it's pretty self-explanatory, right?

But, just in case: it's basically impossible to save for a deposit when your income is getting gobbled up by rent. If you are lucky enough that a family member can help you out with the deposit, then not only do your monthly outgoings go down (mortgage payments + taxes, maintenance costs etc are always going to be less than rent in an equivalent abode), but most of that money is going directly into your property i.e. it's still yours.

So, obviously, anyone would choose owning over renting, apart from in some very specific circumstances. It's not that people are too stupid to come up with the genius idea of buying a house. You're flushing money down the toilet every time you pay a rent cheque, and everyone knows this. But that constant haemorrhaging of money is what makes renting a trap.

P.S. I can be more condescending than this if you still aren't getting it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Boomer logic survived 2023 - damnit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is crazy! Where I live, tipping your landlord is sufficient

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, just the "tip" 😏

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if this is bait or serious

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

it's not defending them