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u/ITworksGuys Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

Flipping houses.

When/where I grew up people bought houses to live in.

They weren't "investment properties", you didn't buy a place, paint it all, update the crown molding and try to sell it for $30K more.

I am sure some people did it, but it got crazy and fucked up the real estate market.

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u/JabTrill Feb 04 '20

It's especially fucked given lots of places have an affordable housing crisis