My dad found out how much im paying in rent. And knows I can’t save shit cuz of student loan payments. We looked up my apartment building’s worth and I alone am paying almost half of my landlord’s mortgage. Dad basically said, “fuck your landlord. What if I help you buy a small house with my name?” I told him I was down if possible.
Turns out that he’d have a huge tax write off go away when he finishes paying his house — which is soon. The tax gist of it is that dad can buy a second home or apartment building and write off property taxes and interests paid if I’m living there.
So, now we’re realizing that the write off basically encourages ppl to buy shit. Then add the possibility of making money off tenants and bam: huge fucking incentive to buy apartments.
Luckily my dad hates the idea of ever collecting rent from ppl and he’s not out encouraging me to buy apartments or some other stupid shit. But I can imagine others seeing it as a cash grab —especially if they can cover the mortgage by leeching off renters or just make fucking money of em. Shit is so fucked. Holy shit I hate this country.
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If you're interested in how fucked this country is in favor of the real estate industry capital city is a great book.
Gonna have to check it out. The current tone of the convo with my dad is how fucked everything is. He’s ripe of radicalizing
Time to turn his principles into actual theory.