[orangecat]

we should be asking why the hell are our fixed costs so high?

Yes.

Start b eliminating real estate investors and forcing landlords OUT of residential real estate entirely

This does absolutely nothing to address the situation that X people want to live where Y units are available, and X>>Y.

[Rury]

You're ignoring that, it's entirely possible allow Y people to live there, without increasing numeric margins on rents. Instead, landlords/investors often look to maximize their profit margin as much as demand allows.

Which shows, that investors can be a factor to the problem, by either choosing to maximize profits for selfish gain, or keep rents minimized despite excess demand.

[drbeast]

Wrong again bucko. See what the great frozen north did for foreign real estate investors https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147678857/a-new-two-year-ban....