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No - when you buy a house - you also are "buying a title". That's not why people buy houses or cars. They buy them to use & own them.

Maybe Ultra High Net Worth Individuals who collect cars and $10M lakefront mansions across the world don't buy cars and houses to "use" them. But >99% of cars and houses are bought for use - not for a piece of paper to prove ownership.

Sure - the people buying $1M NFTs are probably Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (or complete frauds - maybe both?). But the majority of NFTs are not $1M - and the majority of people buying them are not Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.




People definitely buy real estate for the resale value.


Right, but the use value (both for primary homeowners and for, Allah forgive me for using this word, landlords) stands as a backstop to the resale value of real estate.




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