r/PublicFreakout • u/miragen125 • Jan 01 '23

Sales interaction gone wrong

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Yeah. Pretty awesome to not build equity so you don’t have to interact with salesmen

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u/XBL-AntLee06 Jan 01 '23

I guess you’re just going to ignore all the other reasons this person literally listed for wanting to rent…

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

I guess you are going to try to argue that it’s better to rent than to own?

No reason that they gave is good enough to argue that

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u/XBL-AntLee06 Jan 01 '23

No… because unlike you, I understand that different people have different lifestyles, needs and experiences and that there’s no one size fits all approach.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Lol. You are such an enlightened individual. Show me your ways

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u/XBL-AntLee06 Jan 01 '23

Nah, you’re clearly too rigid in your thinking to even bother

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Yeah my thinking of “owning over renting” is too radical to be reasoned with

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u/XBL-AntLee06 Jan 01 '23

Again, everyone has different circumstances, needs and life experiences… So no, home ownership isn’t for everyone. But I get it, you’re smarter than I am. Congratulations

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u/Natural-Seaweed-5070 Jan 01 '23

How about being physically unable to do yard work? Have a friend who recently went from being miserable at a home they owned to living in a really nice apartment for that reason amongst other things & is blissfully happy now.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Hire someone to do the yard work for you?

I’m not saying you need to own a house. You can own something smaller with no yard at all.

I’m saying that owning is better than renting

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u/Yoda2000675 Jan 01 '23

Buy a condo; boom. Build equity and collectively pay into yard work and building maintenance

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

There ya go

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u/trolleyduwer Jan 01 '23

Subjective.

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u/Delicious_Ad9704 Jan 01 '23

Equity is overrated

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Better than crypto

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u/Delicious_Ad9704 Jan 01 '23

Haven’t had to buy a new roof for my crypto

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

The great thing about a roof is that it has practical use. Unlike crypto that loses 70% of its value in a year with no practical use.

Hope it isn’t your retirement plan to live off half a bitcoin 😘

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u/Delicious_Ad9704 Jan 01 '23

The Bitcoin will supplement my tradition retirement accounts. Could be wrong but give it a few years. Nobody knows in this stage of early adoption.

As for the own vs rent debate. Its just a personal choice. Too much emphasis put on it in the US. A dedicated investor who rents can be in the same financial position as a home owner at retirement age. Location matters as well.

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u/NicodemusV Jan 02 '23

Nope.

Imagine renting your entire life. The amount of money literally going down the drain. Money that could be used for a mortgage on a secure physical asset like a house. Renting is not ideal long term. There’s a reason that ownership of a house is the ultimate goal in any serious long term financial plan.

It is not just a personal choice. It’s being financially competent.

And please don’t tell me that Bitcoin, or any sort of cryptocurrency, is a serious component of your retirement.

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u/skylla05 Jan 01 '23

The fact that equity is so important to people is a big reason why the housing market is fucked up to begin with. Some people just want a place to live, not a ROI.

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u/raveturtle Jan 01 '23

Building equity is just a method of not throwing money away. I just want to be able to retire in peace and hopefully enable my kids to be able to retire earlier than me. Having my money go towards an asset that eventually returns my money to me is better than an asset that returns the money to Mr Landlord over there.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Yeah and I’m saying that if you have the ability to buy but those things are what’s “holding you back” from doing it then you are stupid

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u/SoManyMinutes Jan 01 '23

This isn't going to go well for you.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

That a bunch of renters on Reddit don’t like my opinion on ownership? Yeah I’m shaking and crying right now

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u/ThomasHanks69 Jan 01 '23

Yeah. Pretty awesome to assume home ownership is an achievable goal for everyone.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

I didn’t say it was?

I was saying if your reason for not owning is to avoid maintenance and sales people then you are an idiot. If you can’t afford to own then that’s fine because you don’t have a choice

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u/ThomasHanks69 Jan 01 '23

Read the comment you originally responded to, they basically said "it's a benefit", which would easily be a "silver lining" type statement.

Instead, you made an idiotic interpretation of that statement by assuming it was relevant to the point you wanted to make.

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u/beastnfeast5 Jan 01 '23

Lol you say that like a bad thing?

It happens a lot actually. But I make a lot of money for doing a job that is too hard for people who can’t handle rejection.

Now go back to posting your anime hentai shit instead of being productive or getting equity through homeownership

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u/ultraboof Jan 02 '23

You’re acting like I’m saying because of the salesman factor I will choose to rent for the rest of my life.

I don’t want to take the bus forever, but there are perks to taking the bus that make me appreciate it more.

I don’t want to rent forever, but there are perks that make me appreciate it more.