The only thing landlords actually have a claim to be worried about is what’s going to happen to them once their tenants are free.
Imagine if landlords decided to strike. The consequences would be…
There’d be noone to…
The land doesn’t lord itself you know!
They can’t strike, it’s illegal. The ones that do are called slum lords and they’re literally criminals.
They can’t strike because it’s not a job.
Not striking per se, but if you piss them off they could start turning away the majority of applicants so they don’t have to deal with society’s more desperate. The corporates already do that anyways, though.
I’m sorry I have to ask. Are there really landlords that expect a tip?
No, that’s not a thing
This is the one that just baffles me. Tipping a landlord? For what, existing?
Feudalism never died, it just rebranded
Geldadel (money aristocracy). It didn’t even change that much. In the past their excuse was religion now it’s “proficiency”.
So true
So he’s burdened by kindness and love?
Holds a landlord back from being their best selves.
Indness Nd Love*
lol poor discriminated against landlords
My only comment on the landlord stuff is that there are landlords that are good, but they’re extremely rare. My landlord from college, whom I now consider to be a friend, and regularly keep up with, became a friend because he was an exceedingly great landlord.
He would regularly visit the property to check in, do the work around the place that needed to be done. Stuff like shoveling snow, cutting the grass, etc. He made sure everything was running correctly and there were no issues; if there was ever a problem he would address it right away and at the very least, give you a rough timeline on when things would be fixed.
You could call him 24/7 and he would drop whatever he was doing and head out to address any issue that needed immediate attention. He was lenient on payments, often foregoing first/last/security payments with little more than the commitment to pay by a certain date, which could be months into the future. We were students and sometimes our financial assistance didn’t come in exactly when we needed it, and we had to argue with our financial institution to get our cheques for the semester. He provided everything included in the rent, from heat/power to internet. Rent was reasonable and often under market value for what was provided. He was less concerned about making profit and more concerned with the house paying for itself, and running smoothly.
Before anyone has the chance to comment, this guy is a unicorn. I’m damned lucky to have rented from him. By no means does he represent even a fraction of 1% of landlords. He did everything in his power to ensure we were taken care of and that’s why I rented from him the entire time I was in college, and a few of my friends ended up moving into my student house over the course of my college career. I don’t expect to ever find another landlord that’s anywhere near his quality ever again. I’ve had the need to rent from others, because he doesn’t really have any units that served my needs later in life (and now I have a mortgage, so never again), and the difference is dramatic. Most landlords seems to do everything in their power to avoid taking responsibility, visiting the property, or have anything happen that doesn’t either sweep problems under the rug, or make it someone else’s problem. They just want their money, and damn everything else.
99.9% of landlords are garbage, and they deserve every ounce of hate towards them. They’ve worked hard at earning that hate and they get the hate that they have earned. I recognise that my experience with this one landlord does not and should not excuse any of that loathing that others feel about landlords in general and the vast majority are not worth the oxygen that they consume.
My entire point is that it’s not 100% of landlords that are shit. It’s damn close to 100% but it’s not. A very small fraction of a percent are actually good at what they do, and take issues seriously. They get involved in issues without hesitation and resolve problems quickly, without complaint. It is an extremely small number of them. My (now) friend who happens to also be a landlord is one such example. That being said, it’s not worth it to maintain an entire industry full of shit for the few that actually do things well and provide something valuable. So I’m still in favor of burning it all down and rebuilding from scratch. Temporary/rental living has a place in society for those who will be living in an area for a small amount of time (college/university is an easy example), but on the whole, ownership should be a painless experience, and it’s not. In no small part because of landlords buying up anything they can. Another contributing factor is house flippers, whom I consider to be a scourge to society, since so few of them do anything remotely correct. Many don’t do things that will even stand up to moderate use and buying from a flipper often results in having to have most of the work re-done correctly within a few years.
It’s a horrid part of society and should be abolished.
It’s the ones left with an extra property as a result of inheritance or moving in with a partner that are probably OK to rent from.
Although letting agencies are always there to bring the big landlord misery experience to smalltime landlords.
Anyone buying a third property or more should be charged 100% stamp duty.
Dunno, not all agencies are shit either. I rented an apartment for 2 years through an agency and their fee was stupid high where I live, sure, but they took care of all the issues we had, they called the technicians for reparations and if the technicians said that stuff broke because it was old or it was faulty, the landlord had to pay it. 100% of our issues were like that. When we left, the landlord returned us all the deposit the day before the agency came to check how the house was (it was clean ofc).
Iirc the landlord bought the house as a future investment for his kids, so we had the best renting experience for me at least. I live in a small european city with high prices so the experience will differ wildly from other places, even in other neighbourhoods of my city lmao
“I ain’t giving you shit, I ain’t paying the rent 'til I’ve got hot water and my toilet is fixed. I don’t care, you can try to kick me out if you want to. ’ Cause I’ll be away, gonna be away tomorrow, I’m gonna do it right and find a place, and I will tell my slumlord to get out of my face! I get the world, you get nothing! I ain’t giving a shit, I’m not paying the rent, and I will tell my slumlord to get out of my face, you ain’t getting a thing from me!”
" Slumlord" - Bomb The Music Industry!
Satire is no excuse for landphobia, you’re still putting out problematic content that could be taken out of context and weaponized to trigger Persons of Land. Delete this
those rentoids need to be silenced, the landphobia is so cruel and unfair
