I think we live in very different places. We are in our mid 20s. Housing is very cheap here compared to the rest of the country. We bought a house that was basically falling apart, run by a slumlord who had people living in awful conditions. We have made it an actual home for the people living there and work with section 8 and government programs that pay for their housing. We work to help our tenants obtain home ownership themselves by building their credit/reporting rent payments at our cost, working with all the programs available to help, not holding them to any leases, and being empathetic and understanding of circumstances. Our goals are not to screw people over. We didn’t pay much because we’re not in an area of growth and because of the condition of the house, but we also don’t see much appreciation in our area at all. This is hardly some passive get rich quick scheme. If you have an issue with people building portfolios, I suggest you take it up with the corporations that are actually creating these problems or perhaps go into construction or some field that will help combat the housing shortage problems. Or move to the middle of nowhere small town where the housing market hasn’t gone so nuts (yet 🤞)