Many of the world’s largest investment firms have launched new funds over the past couple of years aimed at acquiring or building single-family homes to use as rentals. This comes as no surprise considering that the increased cost of buying a home has forced many Americans into being tenants instead of homeowners. Arrived, a young real estate company backed by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, has just announced its entry into the single-family rental fund space. Arrived currently operates a f
  • Chef@sh.itjust.works
    171·
    11 months ago

    Waiting for Amazon to pay their employees in “digiscrip” that they can only use at Amazon-owned businesses.

    Pay your rent on your AmazonHousing account.

    Buy groceries from AmazonFresh.

    Health insurance from AmazonHealth.

    Welcome back to the coal mining towns of yore.

    • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
      31·
      11 months ago

      You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

      Another day older and deeper in debt

      Saint Peter don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go

      I owe my soul to the company store