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Being a landlord is a choice. Discrimination based on age is a thing. If you don't like certain types of people, you can choose not to take advantage of people
by bluntfang 8y ago
Being a landlord is a choice. Discrimination based on age is a thing. If you don't like certain types of people, you can choose not to take advantage of people with literal rent-seeking behavior, then stop being a landlord and sell your property.
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- jjeaff 8y agoAge is a protected class. But being a college student is not. I wouldn't rent to a college student/s regardless of their age.
- null000 8y agoThat's kinda like saying "Age is a protected class. But being on a fixed income isn't"...
- stale2002 8y ago> then stop being a landlord and sell your property. Or they could just do what they are doing now, which is completely legal.
- hombre_fatal 8y agoYou can filter out just about all motley groups of college students by refusing a cosigner. There are plenty of other trivial filters to choose from that succeed in court.
- fbonetti 8y agoHackernews needs a bot to correct people every time they incorrectly use the term "rent-seeking". Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with real estate. I see this term misused on a daily basis here.
- adrusi 8y agoRent-seeking doesn't refer to specifically real estate, but renting out a piece of property that you own is rent seeking, as you are using your existing wealth to acquire new wealth without creating any wealth.