Landlords vs Renters
The cluster centers on heated debates about landlords extracting rent and profiting parasitically from renters, contrasted with defenses of landlording as a necessary service amid housing shortages and policy issues.
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the landlord probably extracts the vast majority of money from them. why do we give them a pass?
This sounds like boon for landlords and other rent seekers.
Landlords leverage their easy access to capital to extract rent from those without. It looks parasitic to me.
Ish, this really benefits renters and penalizes property owners.
Landlords making a killing and new tenants subsidizing aren't mutually exclusive.
Landlords care about profit, not price.
The role of a landlord is parasitical by nature. I expect your tenants were just redressing the balance.
What’s wrong with that?Somebody has to be the landlord. Maybe he could make more by renting properties to other tenants?
What to do with the people who would rather rent than own?
Why should I care about the woes of landlords as opposed to renters?