Well, you said that more eloquently than I was typing out.
The issue wasn’t that people (edited: defined as individuals, not those who re-packaged shitty rated mortgages) saw houses as an investment, the issue was that people saw houses as a get stupid fucking rich in less than one week investment. Read a book.
And you, sir, seem to make blanket-commie-drive-by-cliche statements. You also, in my few conversations with you, seem to want to silence anyone you disagree with…