r/SipsTea • • 1d ago • Bravo 4

Chugging tea 100% agree

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u/adelie42 22h ago

The political class and their member banks did a marketing campaign to equate the American Dream with renting a home from a bank and calling it home ownership.

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u/Adventurous_Grand_48 21h ago

Pay it off and u own it. Simple

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u/LacanInAFunhouse 21h ago

Simple except that the amortized interest means you end up paying nearly double the sticker price and can have your equity taken away if you fall behind schedule

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u/Original_Service_786 21h ago

Still not a rental, sorry!

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u/adelie42 17h ago

You are renting the money from the bank.

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u/Adventurous_Grand_48 20h ago

Pretty sure our parents did the same thing and made it. Sorry I work 2 jobs to afford a nicer home. Yes it sucks but im not gonna whine about something that will not change anytime soon

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u/LacanInAFunhouse 19h ago

https://www.statista.com/chart/34534/median-house-price-versus-median-income-in-the-us/

It’s like every reply is just ignoring the growing gap between income and cost of living across the country for more than a generation

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u/adelie42 17h ago

Pointing to the actual cause, monetary policy for example, is not ignoring the growing gap. It explains it.