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teaboot posts:
why’s it called Real Estate though.
where’s the Fake Estate

teaboot replies with a screenshot of the comment section:
leebeearts comments:
airbnb [end comment]

leebeearts quick on the draw today

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    See, this is why we call it “Movable” and “Immovable” goods in Dutch, much more sensible.

    And we’ve got a lovely archaic wordt for it too! “Onroerend goed”.

    • hyves@feddit.nl
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      7 days ago

      Not to be confused with “ontroerend goed”, which moves you (emotionally)

  • vaguerant@fedia.io
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    7 days ago

    I looked it up, real property is the stuff you own that is not movable; you can’t move a piece of land, it’s just gonna be where it is. It’s also property that is affected by the environment around it in a way that other property isn’t. If your neighbor uses a cheap phone, your phone does not depreciate in value as a result.

    The opposite of real property isn’t fake property, it’s personal property. That covers your stuff and also things that aren’t physical but you own anyway, like intellectual property.

  • gandalf_der_12te
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    6 days ago

    it’s called “real” because it’s real.

    the opposite would be fashion, or music, or comedy, which only exists in our minds.