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Comment by pineaux

3 days ago

this is not true, this is the basis for housing speculation. Holding vacant overpriced houses until they sell. Its not a loss until you close the sale.

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selectodude  3 days ago

Of course it is. Real estate incurs significant carry costs.

skeeter2020  3 days ago

this doesn't make any sense; you're tying up significant resources and losing out an the alternatives. Nobody evaluates investment returns in isolation.

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