‘Twas I!

I am she who wrecked the housing market!

‘Twas I who <checks notes> bought this house off-market, to live in, from investor for less money than if investors started a bidding war & stopped investor who owns the one next door from completing a row of rental properties.
You have found me out! I am an evil millennial wrecking the housing market for all those Boomers by buying a house Lo live in (with housemates!) and blocking poor retired people from buying a fifth home!
Won’t someone think of the poor investor who just wanted to turn this entire cul-de-sac into rental properties?
Won’t someone think of the poor development companies building only high-end apartment complexes where the rent is more than a mortgage? To whom will they charge $3500 a month for a 1BR, plus pet rent and a pet deposit and a pet fee and parking and a car fee?
Won’t someone think of the poor Boomers I talked to in line at the grocery store who are pissed that they are having trouble buying a house here as a vacation home to AirBnb the rest of the year?
I am she, the millennial who has ruined all these poor unfortunate souls’ lives by buying a house.
Oh wait I forgot the part where I also wrecked the housing market by putting a new roof on the place, which I literally had to do to get financing

BUT YES IT IS I—NOT INVESTORS—WHO HAVE MADE HOUSING UNAFFORDABLE BY DOING BASIC HOME REPAIRS SO MY ROOF DOESNT LEAK

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