[sonick]

Originally Posted by 68style

Renters don’t buy cuz they don’t have enough money (usually — sometimes it’s a personal choice) so there’s a limit to what they can afford before buying is the only thing that makes sense.

Owners would have to weigh the value of the rent vs paying empty home tax I guess.

lol i remember back in the day in the early pages of this thread, when rents did not catch up to housing prices, the whole strategy of "rent and invest the difference" that was preached on by 4444 (and myself included).

Nowadays rent prices are as ridiculous as housing prices, so it's all fucked.