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How can it be considered wiser to rent from an individual owner as opposed to 'renting' from the bank - you'd be obliged to either one and both could theoretically kick you out for non-payment.

How about, um, owning your own home? As in: Free and clear.

What a nice society you have: The “American dream” of home ownership is truly dead, out of reach and unthinkable to the overwhelming majority of Americans. It has been replaced by an illusion based on a false dichotomy between renting from the bank via an intermediary “landlord” who rents from a bank, and renting directly from the bank.

The banks own everything! You are so immersed in debt culture based on debt-“backed” money and total submission to the banks, you cannot even see what is wrong with your proposition.

Bitcoin, and home ownership: Be your own bank. Be the king of your castle.

Quote from: Lauda on October 19, 2020, 05:29:24 AM

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Don’t get me started on the rents known as “property taxes”. Are you even aware of how recent a development that is in the United States?

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Quote from: nullius on November 07, 2020, 05:31:01 AM

Historically, besides heritable class status, the single most effective guarantor of voter quality was a real property ownership requirement. [...]

Naturally, I think that such a requirement must logically exclude mortgaged properties, which (especially in today’s society) are effectively rented from the bank.

Well my wife and I own our home "free and clear".
But we have to pay property taxes on the mofo.
So a mortgage free home is nice but not as free and clear as one may think.

With covid-19 and my home state pretty much tapped out I am sure property taxes will 2x in under 10 years.

So go btc go!

If you have enough on the side to not have to work any more, is anything keeping you from moving to a country where there's no or lower property tax? Friends, family, children maybe? If not, I wouldn't hesitate, mate.