I accept that I will not benefit from this. But my son will. Even if he sells it once I'm gone and helps him elsewhere. Just got to not fail as a parent and teach him not to spend it on ethots!

[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Until you get laid off in corporate downsizing to increase profits by .5% and then you can't afford your mortgage and the bank seizes your house

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

This is what an emergency fund is for. And you would also end up homeless if you're renting and lose your income. It's no better. At least with the house, you could sell it if you need the money. You'll just lose a bit, but not everything.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 2 points 11 months ago

But actually a lot of businesses do the same, so there's now a lot of middle size repossessed houses on the market and no-one that can buy them. So they auction it, and another corporation buys it up for their rental portfolio at half the price you paid. So now the bank comes after you for the rest of the money, for the rest of your life.

But you can feel happy that the banks didn't lose, and the corporations won!

[–] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Based