Good landlords will only be as good as they need to be, to continue renting. In a housing shortage, that means they will keep getting worse over time, doing little and hearing little from their tenants who have only ever dealt with predatory landlords.
They will almost always charge as much as they can, not doing anything to help the renters.
The exceptions to this will be invisible on the market, because renters will do everything in their power to never move out or change their situation.
Long time renters are trapped, because they are paying nearly as much as a mortgage, and getting no equity from it, unable to save a down payment to get out of it.
Renting to seasonal, temp workers or students is about the only exception where renting is a necessary service, but currently its way over priced, so its not a great value. So still predatory.
Good landlords will only be as good as they need to be
I mean, this is an overly dismissive statement, those aren’t ‘good landlords’, but it’s also fair to note that the likelihood of getting a ‘good’ landlord is like a lottery.
In college I experienced both a person renting out a property they owned and a more ‘corporate’ arrangement. The corporate arrangement was ‘meh’, didn’t do much one way or the other. The personal rental was nicer and cheaper, and they were out the same day when we reported the one thing that ever needed fixing. When they heard I got laid off, they waived rent until I got a new job.
This “landlords are purely evil and rent is stealing” discourse doesn’t do any of us any good. It’s dishonest and makes people with sense not want to join your cause. If we actually want to make housing better and more available, we can’t be wasting our time throwing with this.
Good landlords will only be as good as they need to be, to continue renting. In a housing shortage, that means they will keep getting worse over time, doing little and hearing little from their tenants who have only ever dealt with predatory landlords.
They will almost always charge as much as they can, not doing anything to help the renters.
The exceptions to this will be invisible on the market, because renters will do everything in their power to never move out or change their situation.
Long time renters are trapped, because they are paying nearly as much as a mortgage, and getting no equity from it, unable to save a down payment to get out of it.
Renting to seasonal, temp workers or students is about the only exception where renting is a necessary service, but currently its way over priced, so its not a great value. So still predatory.
I mean, this is an overly dismissive statement, those aren’t ‘good landlords’, but it’s also fair to note that the likelihood of getting a ‘good’ landlord is like a lottery.
In college I experienced both a person renting out a property they owned and a more ‘corporate’ arrangement. The corporate arrangement was ‘meh’, didn’t do much one way or the other. The personal rental was nicer and cheaper, and they were out the same day when we reported the one thing that ever needed fixing. When they heard I got laid off, they waived rent until I got a new job.
Keep dodging.
This “landlords are purely evil and rent is stealing” discourse doesn’t do any of us any good. It’s dishonest and makes people with sense not want to join your cause. If we actually want to make housing better and more available, we can’t be wasting our time throwing with this.
Landlords are purely evil, they are nothing but a drain on society, and if you disagree you’re my enemy and we have no common cause.
Which of my statements are false?