Housing

One of the most striking, and simultaneously troubling, trends of the past ten years or so is the rapid deterioration of living standards across the globe in some of the world’s most famous metropolises. For a vast plethora of reasons (including, but not limited to climate change), cities millions used…

Is more than bricks and mortar… — We are housed in more than bricks and mortar. Housing is more than semis or duplexes, Triplexes or terraces. Housing is mistaken for our position In the hierarchy By the dilettante politicians Who measure everything in worth, Including every one of their voters. Very much including those who do not vote for them. It seems ridiculous to suggest that…

I wrote earlier about Robert Kiyosaki’s belief that a house is not an asset but a liability. In that article, I mentioned that his question led me to change the way I looked at housing, emphasizing this question as the prime question: Does the house cash flow? This is one…

“A house is not an asset. Rather, it is a liability.” So said Robert Kiyosaki. I read this in 2009 or so, as I was attempting to navigate the housing crisis. …

There’s a school of thought — or better described as a school of non-though or wishful thinking — that theorizes a person can manifest wealth by envisioning it, wanting it bad enough, or some nonsense like that. The realistic version of this — the real way these people show you…

People in the US are paying CRAZY rent prices without realizing it Photo from Unsplash by Phil Hearing I remember those good English classes in seven grade when I was practicing reading comprehension. It said something like: “John is renting a house for $3000 USD a month in a small…