Quote Originally Posted by Mael-bess View Post
It does make you greedy when you're trying to get back the gil you invested in something that's not even meant to be profitable, but something to sink money in and maintain for a long term, it's rather expected to you will loose money when getting rid of it, this is exactly like real life housing,

The problem here is SE housing system as it is;

-Houses should be account wide (able to be accessed from all your characters)
-Only 1 house should be allowed per player
-You should be able to switch houses more easily (like when you buy a new plot, your old one get's demolished and you get a discount in the new one)
-You should be able to demolish your house if you want to, without waiting 45 days

House selling by players shouldn't be allowed anyway, it creates a bad market.
No offense, but have you ever heard of house flipping in real life? The potential mark up on real estate ventures is extraordinary if you have the available cash to gamble the market. Purchase a fixer up at a fraction of the cost, have construction done and resell it sometime thereafter. You can turn a profit several thousand beyond your initial investment. That is not greed-- just simple economics. People wanting a return on their investment in-game is comparable to the aforementioned. Granted, most go well above making a little profit or merely wanting to recoup their losses. While I agree with your solution, as it stands, you're demanding a lot of people to essentially give up millions of gil under the current system.