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There's a widely accepted concept in land ownership: essentially the land belongs to the person that tills it. You cannot buy 1000 acres, ignore it and expect t
by tryingagainbro 9y ago
There's a widely accepted concept in land ownership: essentially the land belongs to the person that tills it. You cannot buy 1000 acres, ignore it and expect that your grandson can show up 60 years later with the deed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession
Maybe the homeowners should pay more attention to their properties? Not to mention that in most cases they are the ones posting the listings. If the tenant breaks the rules, sue him or keep the deposit.
But to be fair: the tenant should pay the fine, provided the landlord didn't give him the OK. The govt can easily find the true violator
- waisbrot 9y agoYeah, I was struck by how both examples in the article were property owners living out of state who never even met their tenants? One of them thought she was renting to a family with two kids, but it was actually some scammers. Meeting your renters in-person once would have cleared that up. These people are buying a property, renting it to cover the mortgage, and planning to sell it at a profit. All without doing any work. Treating real estate as a passive investment rather than an active business does damage to the housing market in some of the same ways people complain AirBnB does.