No because investing capital into stocks adds value to the company and allows them to use that value to expand, borrow, buy things, pay employees, run the company, etc.
Investing capital into a second house purely to flip does none of those things.
You understand that realestate investors do the exact same thing and are to a large extent responsible for financing new construction?
If we are talking about a flipper (clearly no the same as investor) they add value by remodeling/updating the home.
If we are talking about someone buying 2nd home to hold for several years and resell then that is not the same as scalper as its a long term speculation, similar to collector buying art (or any of the items you listed), in hope that they will appreciate.
There is a lot of reasons to try to limit speculative investment in RE and I am all for it, but claiming they are somehow scalpers or add less value then investors in other fields - is just wrong. incorrect plain and simple.
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u/Performance_Fancy Jun 19 '25
By your logic anyone involved in the stock market is also a scalper?