That’s an excellent question, and touches many other avenues of life too. Why bother with producing anything, when asset appreciation provides bigger gains with no effort needed
Because your activity contributes to the appreciation. A good restaurant attracts a lot of people, which in turn attracts other businesses (think of bookstores next to popular cafés). This increases the worth of the property.
That's true, while that's not what i meant to say. I just pointed out that business doesn't work on appreciation alone, and restaurants nearly always rent their places anyway, and that it is extremely extremely difficult to make ends meet operating a restaurant while avoiding getting to madhouse.
