:very-intelligent: :so-true:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/realestate/investing-self-care-real-estate-women.html

:stonks-down:

  • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]
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    2 years ago

    my emotional wounds can only be healed by stealing 50% of the monthly income of a working class family

        • 3copsinatrenchcoat [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          ugh, wow, don't cringe your privilege at me. sometimes you just need to do atrocities to someone weaker and less privileged than yourself! maybe someone like you who doesn't have any life stresses just can't ever understand. that's okay.

        • 3copsinatrenchcoat [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          maybe you're so privileged that you don't have stress in your life, and don't need to be a terrible abusive monster who dominates and terrorizes those weaker than you. how nice for you, in your privileged little life.

  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I’m gonna take a mental health day Saturday. Do a bath bomb, maybe a face mask, buy a quadplex to rent out

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      After George Washington died, he asked his wife Martha to free all of his slaves. She refused to free them, but you can't really blame her, can you? She was suffering from trauma, so she treated herself! Owning slaves is self-care! Abolitionists need to stay in their fucking lane.

  • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Many women seeking independence after a breakup or divorce have discovered emotional empowerment and even healing in real estate investment.

    I wonder what constitutes "many" to this author. Out of all the women in the world seeking independence after a breakup, what percentage of them have the means to buy real estate for "self-care"?

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      All women have the means to invest in real estate. If they didn't, that would mean they were not people who matter and thus not part of "all"

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    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      i've seriously reached a point where i hate journalists more than cops

      • 3copsinatrenchcoat [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        you probably hate journalists about the right amount, but maybe you don't hate cops enough. what can we do to help you with that? there's only three of us, but the behavior can absolutely be extrapolated.

    • Tormato [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I could swear that I remember seeing about 7 or so years ago that they had some sort of weekly“Luxury Lifestyles” section.

      Trying to convince people that the Paper of Record is not on our side is a haul often times.

      • soft [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        the wsj has a whole dedicated wealth section with lifestyle advice on what to do with your money. trends in mansions, ultra-luxury travel, yachts, clothes, etc. I used to subscribe many years ago when I worked in finance and even as a lib that section turned my stomach

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    • vaguevoid [she/her,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      yeah that's what i was thinking

      only under late stage capitalism would investing in real estate be seen as self care

      • silent_water [she/her]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        becoming a landlord is self-care. if by self-care, we mean making other people take care of you or dying miserably.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Taking on enormous debts to obtain a license to property so that you can police it on the investment bank's behalf.

          • silent_water [she/her]
            hexagon
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            2 years ago

            really you should diversify your risk by lighting the house on fire and claiming the insurance payout.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              2 years ago

              I thought the new thing was just collecting application fees for a unit you never rent.

              • silent_water [she/her]
                hexagon
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                2 years ago

                sounds like work, showing people a fake apartment. needs more passive income.

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  • InvaderZinn [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Real estate investment" should be an oxymoron. Who benefits from a house being "invested" in?

    If they mean putting money in fixing up a house, that's one thing I guess...but I don't think I will ever understand rich people.

    • silent_water [she/her]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      it's a way to convince people that they actually own private property and confuse class loyalties.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        A man enters a house, kills everyone inside it, and plants a For Sale sign on the front porch.

        Another man approaches and asks about the property. He is told that home ownership is the only way to defend yourself from the guy going around town brutalizing people.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Investing in something is when you let it sit there and fall to pieces.

    • 3copsinatrenchcoat [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      it;s simple. everything they say to the poors is a lie, ignore that and look what they do, look what they say to each other.

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