> I'm uneasy about forced labor.

I'm with you! But what I'm not okay with is gatekeeping of the resource that REALLY makes real estate valuable -- LAND. Nobody made the land.

I'm okay with paying for the labor and capital that goes into housing construction. I'm not okay with somebody extracting massive amounts of value out of the economy just because they own title to the land.

If you want to look at the stats for why real estate has become such a huge asset class, read this: http://gameofrent.com/content/is-land-a-big-deal