I'm not talking about Buying/Selling, although I don't personally have a problem with that idea, either.

Rather, what I'd like to discuss is adding the ability for two players who ALREADY OWN Plots, to trade plots with one another.

For one, I believe it would alleviate a LOT of stress that comes with Housing. Right now, Housing is mostly a case of "take what you can get". But if we were able to Trade our Plots with one another, it opens up this almost secondary market, where you can try to get an even *better* house!

Second -- and much more importantly, IMO -- is it would finally allow players to coordinate where we live. For example, I play FFXIV with my dad, and also my sister and her husband. Even though I live half a world away from them, it would be AMAZING to be in-game neighbors with them! Even as much as I love my current beach-side Small in the Mist, I could totally see Trading with someone so I could be next to my dad's place in the Goblem, or my sister's place in Lavender Beds.

Now, as for the literal MECHANICS of this?

My personal solution would be to give us a "Deed" to our Plot, and allow us to use that to trade with another players. Or maybe it would be an option activated via Placard. In addition to trading houses, I would also allow either side to include gil, since one Plot is usually going to be more desirable than another.

So if I'm "trading-down" so I can get a house near my friends or fam, then maybe both sides are happy. But if I had a Plot I didn't really like, and wanted someone else's plot, I could offer to pay them; they'd still have a house, but have made some gil to compensate for moving to maybe a less desirable location.

Similarly, for those of us truly invested in trying to attain a Large house at some point, this would finally give us SOME avenue of that, beyond pure blind luck. And for players who can't afford to Trade for a Large? Well, you can STILL rely on pure blind luck, but for those of us willing to actively accrue gil, we can at least make an offer to trade Plots with those Large-owners. And who knows; once someone's had a Large for a while, they may be more inclined to trade-down (especially since I'd argue Mediums are probably the most "flexible", in terms of really playing around with different looks; Larges tend to look very "same-y" on top floor.

I sincerely hope the Devs give this some consideration. And if additional stipulations need to be added, such as the gil traded needing to be taxed, just whatever it takes for the option to feel "fair". And like I said, because these Trades would only occur between people who already own Plots, there's no real argument of it affecting the Housing market, other than just making it a WHOLE lot more realistic to get the plots you want.