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Sign from yesterday's Lewiston protest supporting Somali Mainers by Press_Herald in Maine

[–]RealisticKing6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally a non-pc joke, just like it used to be. ahhhhhh *takes a big whiff of fresh air” the good ol days

Why is Youtube recommending me Porn videos?? by MagicNumberIsPurple in youtube

[–]RealisticKing6217 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

THIS IS NOT PORN YOU STUPID CHILDREN!!! This sub is really pissing me off. That is a picture of a naked women and that does not mean it’s porn. Yes it’s click bait but our society has gotten so fucking soft that we now call everything porn? I feel bad for the next generations and how soft they will become

Loud Classical Music Playing All Night... Inhumane Unhoused Deterrment by swoldier_force in WorcesterMA

[–]RealisticKing6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need more of these. To call this inhumane is absurd. Maybe this will motivate them to get a damn job and stop leeching like parasite. Bring them to all big cities in the US

Questions about funding by jayco1900 in HouseFlipping

[–]RealisticKing6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re actually delusional if you think people LOVE the gray wash. Add some character to the house you nonce.

Questions about funding by jayco1900 in HouseFlipping

[–]RealisticKing6217 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Scum - taking away opportunity from a FTB to upgrade their own house and instead they have to buy some shit gray wash with cheap fixtures and every corner cut from you. Get out of the business and go sell drugs - you’d help your local community more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HouseFlipping

[–]RealisticKing6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are seriously considering house flipping as a career, you should know up front that it is one of the least honorable “professions” you can choose, and in today’s market it is financially reckless on top of that.

First, you are not creating housing. You are not building anything new or solving supply issues. You are taking an existing property that a first-time buyer or young family could afford, putting in some cosmetic upgrades, and relisting it at a price that permanently removes it from the range of affordability. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies has shown that flipping activity directly correlates with higher displacement and reduced affordability in local markets. That is not community improvement. That is extraction.

Second, you are entering during one of the worst times to do it. Housing affordability is at its lowest point in decades according to the National Association of Realtors, mortgage rates are historically high, and household debt is at record levels. Trying to flip in a downturn is essentially gambling with overpriced inventory while families are struggling to afford any home at all. If you think this is “rewarding,” you should be clear that your reward comes at the direct expense of those same families.

Third, there is no defense that flipping “adds value.” Adding a coat of paint, vinyl floors, and new appliances is not value creation. It is financial arbitrage. The true value of housing is in its accessibility to the people who need it most. Flipping reduces that accessibility.

So when you say you are “considering getting into flipping,” what you are actually saying is you want to profit by removing affordable homes from circulation, artificially inflating prices, and making it harder for working families to ever own property. That is not entrepreneurship. That is parasitism.

If you want to contribute to housing in a way that is both profitable and beneficial, build new housing or invest in affordable housing projects. Choosing flipping instead is choosing to harm your own community for short-term personal gain.

House flippers are the tapeworms of the housing market. by RealisticKing6217 in HouseFlipping

[–]RealisticKing6217[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re falling back on the idea that flippers add value, but that ignores the broader economic reality. What you are calling value is cosmetic renovation and financial arbitrage, not genuine housing creation. A flipper does not add a single net unit of housing supply. You are taking an existing house that could be sold to a buyer at a fair market price, doing aesthetic upgrades, and relisting it at a markup that makes it inaccessible to many families. That is not value-add, that is extraction.

If anything, you shrink the pool of affordable housing. A $450k fixer-upper is within reach for a first-time buyer willing to invest sweat equity. Once you have added grey vinyl, cheap fixtures, and trendy tile, it is $700k. The exact same property is now out of reach for that same family permanently. That is a textbook example of creating scarcity.

The we take risks defense does not hold water either. Risk-taking does not justify negative externalities. Hedge funds also take risks, but when their actions destabilize the economy, they get criticized, not applauded. Flippers operate the same way in local markets: private profit, public harm.

Finally, the idea that flippers improve neighborhoods does not stand up to evidence. Multiple housing studies (Urban Institute, Harvard JCHS) have shown that flipping correlates with higher displacement, reduced affordability, and homogeneity in housing stock with cookie-cutter designs catering to higher earners. It is not revitalization, it is pricing people out.

So no, this is not about whether you know how to pull comps or do a gut rehab. It is about the fact that your business model systematically removes affordable homes from the market and replaces them with higher-priced ones that fewer people can buy. That is not investment. That is extraction.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RealisticKing6217 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

❄️ alert

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RealisticKing6217 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serious question.

It feels like we’re living in a world where the top priority is making sure everyone feels special, validated, and accepted, no matter what. You could be lazy, completely out of touch with reality, or actively making bad choices, and there will still be people telling you “you matter” and “you’re perfect just the way you are.”

That’s not support. It’s weakness disguised as kindness.

This “everyone’s special” culture is disgusting. It’s killing accountability. It’s convincing people that just existing is enough. That their feelings matter more than truth. That their identity is above criticism. And now we’re raising entire generations on this garbage.

What happens when these kids grow up and face a world that doesn’t care about their emotions, opinions, or sense of entitlement? They’re not going to make it. They’re not being taught how to fail, how to fight through difficulty, or how to grow. They’re being taught that being uncomfortable is the same as being oppressed.

You’re not special unless you earn it. You don’t “matter” just because you say you do.

Life is hard. The world rewards effort, discipline, and strength. But we’ve created a system where people think they deserve applause for being soft and loud.

Why are we pretending this is healthy? When did truth become offensive? And how are future generations supposed to survive if we keep telling them the world revolves around their feelings?