• tiny_iota@endlesstalk.org
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      13 hours ago

      yeah typically when you buy a house you get it from a landlord…

      do you think houses are sold on amazon?

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        9 hours ago

        Based on my experience, a house on the market is usally being sold by someone who lived in it. The seller being a landlord is plausible, but I’d usually just generically refer to that party as ‘the seller’.

        Landlords tend to hold on to their revenue streams harder than a person holds on to their own residence.

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          7 hours ago

          where does the person move to then after selling the house they live in? could it be…they have another house thus being a landlord?

          you are right on the second part, though.

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            7 hours ago

            Usually they have moved into their new home and have their uninhabited house on the market trying to get rid of it.

            Maybe I’m missing implication in another culture, but around me landlord specifically refers to someone owning a home that is being actively rented/leased by another. If you haven’t had tenants, you aren’t considered a landlord