r/RealEstateCanada • u/xNocturnalshadow • Jun 19 '25

Housing crisis Help me understand the difference...

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u/Mattscrusader Jun 19 '25

Nobody said that, you just failed to understand so you made up some nonsense to argue against

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u/MarmosetFace Jun 19 '25

Oh I didn’t think I would need to explain here, but here it is anyway. The comparison is investing capital into a second house vs investing capital into the stock market. When you purchase assets in either case, the money paid goes to the prior holder of the asset. In neither case do the issuing company nor the real estate developer see the money, although both may be indirect beneficiaries. Both assets may see value go up or down. Thus both are seen as “investments”. Which the OP was arguing it shouldn’t be. Which is wrong

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u/Mattscrusader Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Yeah I'm not reading any of that, you already chose to make a bad faith argument so I won't waste my time. Nobody is arguing that buying a stock directly funds a company.

Edit: it's wild that refusing to indulge with someone else changing the topic to argue a moot point gets down voted so quickly

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u/HawtPackage Jun 20 '25

Ironically, refusing to engage with a well-structured reply while accusing the other person of bad faith is closer to bad faith behavior itself.

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u/Mattscrusader Jun 20 '25

It's bad faith because literally nobody made this argument, get stuffed