And perhaps this listing on RightMove is an example why.
Currently the cheapest offering across Hampshire, estate agents Fox & Sons are auctioning off the freeholds to three apartment blocks in Southampton tomorrow.
And the cheapest one, starting for £5,000, would see the rights to the freehold given to the highest bidder.
In practical terms this means the individual or management company can set the ground rents, which are currently £450 for each inhabitant a year.
Aspiring landlords will be battling it out to get the freehold for this block of flats in Tennyson Road in Portswood.
The freehold has a starting value of £5,000 - cheaper than seven nights in the Maldives or a second-hand Volvo.