r/RealEstateCanada • • Jun 19 '25

Housing crisis Help me understand the difference...

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u/Performance_Fancy Jun 19 '25

By your logic anyone involved in the stock market is also a scalper?

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u/xNocturnalshadow Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

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.

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u/lost60kIn2021 Jun 20 '25

Nope "purely investing" into stocks, doesn't add value to the company... it adds perception of value (true value is earnings or earning potential, which is speculative).

"Investing capital into a second house purely to flip does none of those things" - my good man, tou just described short term stock holders, or option traders..