Those don’t even look like anything special. And the location is amazing but also probably $$$$ to insure.

If I’m spending the equivalent of the price of a whole damn house in rent per year I better at least have the kind of house where you host all the family holidays.

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    As a current resident of LA, yes it really is that expensive even for a crappy house. A house on our block went up for sale. We live two blocks off of the 405. Hadn’t been updated since the 70s. Went up for sale for 1.5 million. Insane.

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      $300k a year and still own nothing though? Idk I guess I don’t understand being able to afford that but still renting.

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        To be fair, we never “own” property . Stop paying property tax and you’ll see who the real owner is (the bank) . Buying a home is a scam. It was invented to keep people in debt and to keep the bank strong with those high interest rates. I did research for this at university

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          I understand property tax, but if I pay $300k in rent vs 300k on a mortgage, the second scenario is the only one in which I can get any of that money back.

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          Idk though. Maybe super rich don’t care anymore I guess. Cause otherwise it just seems like you could pay the same amount on a mortgage and have some equity when you get tired of it. I’d think rich people would be better with money. But then I’m not rich so I guess nobody should be taking advice from me lol.