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Landlords leverage their easy access to capital to extract rent from those without. It looks parasitic to me.



Or you could view it as performing a service for those who don't have that easy access to capital.


You could also view it hoarding supply for a limited resource, driving up rent and transferring wealth from the poor to themselves for no additional value.




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