I'm not sure you can argue MMM is trying to hide his rental situation given that he has published numerous blog posts discussing it in depth starting in 2011:
His whole message of frugality makes zero sense in the wider context of his behaviour. He's giving advice to everyone but if everyone behaved as he did the world would end because we can't have a world where every family derives a significant proportion of it's income from two other families for zero value added.
Of course you can't have a world where everyone becomes a landlord, but that doesn't mean this is a completely invalid form of income generation for some people (that's the benefit of being able to take a nuanced view of advice from others).
It seems like you are being reductive and misleading in characterising his position - First you argue he won't dare talk about rental income, then when examples emerge of him doing so you say that he is exhorting everyone to do it!
MMM talks at length about other sources of income generation too, but let's just ignore those:
As for frugality this may not be a path to financial security for many but it sure is a refreshing departure from the "more, more, more" of modern life.
No the more, more, more is from the rentier. They set the rent not at the cost to deliver but at the cost the market will bear. Which is the money left over after food/fuel which puts everyone living hand to mouth with no money in their savings accounts.
God he does p2p lending also. Yuk.
However let's get this straight, there are plenty worse than him out there but I do hate to see his holier-than-tho "be frugal" when in fact he's a rentier who can be "frugal" because he's a rentier.
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/05/23/get-rich-with-owni...
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/06/29/good-times-for-lan...
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