In the case of renting a SFH from a random person, that might be kind of true (but not all landlords make money off renting anyway), but consider: - Your landl

In the case of renting a SFH from a random person, that might be kind of true (but not all landlords make money off renting anyway), but consider: - Your landlord may have a lot more capital to buy homes with no mortgage and the and ability to maintain homes cheaper than you can or remodel homes cheaper than you can. - Your landlord might be a large apartment complex where the economics are different from SFH.