“In defense of powayseller, selling one’s own property is different than selling properties for a living.”
That may be true in general, but for the purposes of this discussion, it’s the same thing. To illustrate why, I’ll use PS’ own words:
“I would feel like each deal someone is losing money for my gain. I could never do it.”
Sure, the subject she’s talking about is being a realtor, but that sentiment is the crux of her argument. And, if she felt like she couldn’t do a deal where someone is losing money for her gain, then how does she justify selling her house? Did she tell the buyer, “in a few years, this house will be worth half what you paid for it,” or did she not? Sure, it’s not her job to tell them that. But she claims some moral aversion to someone losing money for her gain. So she should have told them that whether it was her job to or not. Or she shouldn’t claim to have such compunctions.
Why do I care? I don’t. What I really wanted to address was this:
“If you really think about it, everything in life could be considered a scam.”
If you really think that, and you use it to defend unethical behavior, then you should probably consider taking an ethics class or otherwise educating yourself.
