Quote Originally Posted by manualshift View Post
How is paying someone elses mortgage not a gift?

You are trading value [[i.e money) for an equivalent value [[i.e. a place to live).

Why should I, as a landlord, not get a decent rate of return on my money invested?

I can just purchase stock in AT&T and get a six per cent return.

"Paying someone else's mortgage" is propaganda from the real estate industry to get you to purchase an overpriced house for little or nothing down and a back-breaking mortgage [[thus giving them a sizable commission).