It actually is. All properties are owned by Banks until loans get paid off. You pay for loans with rent. You are just a middleman between two groups of suckers.
Mind blown. That is actually true. Of course, even banks don't get to have completely risk-free investments when they give out a mortgage loan, but its close enough, especially when central banks are driving interest rates into the dirt, driving up the price of real estate and reducing the amount of interest the bank has to pay.