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Absolutely - total trash statement. Landlords want tenants who a) stay, b) don't damage unit, c) pay rent on time. THAT is a guaranteed money maker. The overhea

Absolutely - total trash statement. Landlords want tenants who a) stay, b) don't damage unit, c) pay rent on time. THAT is a guaranteed money maker. The overhead of flipping a unit in landlord time is high. You've got eviction, cleanout, repair costs, showing costs, lost rent, landlord / management co time etc etc. In CA you can only keep portion of deposit used for repairs, you can't use it to cover all your other overhead costs on a flip. So you are guaranteed to lose money on the flip relative to renting it. All the gravy comes when you can keep that tenant, keep unit in good shape with little work. The big money is going to be to the folks who are successful with actively screening tenants. I know a landlord, basically upmarket, everyone I think kept paying the entire pandemic. Now that is gravy (she refinanced a ton of the properties down to rock bottom rates, got bailout money for prop mgmt staff, and is collecting rents) - that's pure goldmine

fock 5y ago
> that's pure goldmine or antisocial.
- jareklupinski 5y ago
  people who charge other people money for basic life needs are already comfortable with themselves; no need to rub it in
  - slownews45 5y ago
    The author of the articles makes a claim that instead of making what is generally great money renting to people who pay and stay over time landlords are purposely renting to folks who don't pay, and then must be taken through the eviction process, so that they can maybe skim something off an inflated repair bill? So evictions are actually because landlords like evictions rather than getting paid and making money while doing very little work? Does this logic track for anyone?
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  - seattle_spring 5y ago
    Where do you live? Sounds like you'd be happy to open up your home for free. I've got some childhood connections who could use a place to call home. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
    - jareklupinski 5y ago
      camper van ;) nt
    - fock 5y ago
      it is kind of antisocial to siphon emergency funds from the public, when income stayed constant.
  - codyswann 5y ago
    Yeah. Those folks at the local green market trying to make a profit from selling food are down-right evil! /s
fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
I live in CA and it’s very common for landlords to illegally attempt to keep all of the deposit with trumped-up damage charges. I’ve had success with aggressively worded legal threats to fight this behavior, but a lot of people lose their deposits this way. If the landlord is friends with a contractor who can write a receipt, they can get away with a lot.
- slownews45 5y ago
  I'd be surprised if this a profitable strategy. Eviction timelines in CA under best of case circumstances are measured in months. That starts usually well after someone has fallen behind on their rent. So you are 4-5 months out on rental income minimum. And even in a reasonably well kept place by tenants (not common) you are going to be doing repairs / new carpet / new paint etc. Then the showings / applications / screening cycle begins again. In CA deposits even earn interest. So this claim, that landlords like renting to bad tenants so they can go through the CA eviction process when the tenants stops paying and damages the place to make money by maybe getting a contractor to inflate some kind of repair that they think they can get away with - is a real stretch. In most evictions the default in rent alone will eat up most or all of the deposit. Landlords just wish they could get tenants out faster so the deposit would cover more of what is ultimately owed in these cases. There is not tons of extra deposit money floating around here.
  - fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
    I’m disagreeing with this specific claim: > In CA you can only keep portion of deposit used for repairs, you can't use it to cover all your other overhead costs on a flip. So you are guaranteed to lose money on the flip relative to renting it. I’m not endorsing the notion that there is a grand conspiracy to house and evict tenants to steal their security deposits. Just saying that landlords can and do opportunistically steal deposits, even in California. That can’t be the reason the grand conspiracy is impossible.

fock 5y ago

> that's pure goldmine or antisocial.

jareklupinski 5y ago
people who charge other people money for basic life needs are already comfortable with themselves; no need to rub it in
- slownews45 5y ago
  The author of the articles makes a claim that instead of making what is generally great money renting to people who pay and stay over time landlords are purposely renting to folks who don't pay, and then must be taken through the eviction process, so that they can maybe skim something off an inflated repair bill? So evictions are actually because landlords like evictions rather than getting paid and making money while doing very little work? Does this logic track for anyone?
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- seattle_spring 5y ago
  Where do you live? Sounds like you'd be happy to open up your home for free. I've got some childhood connections who could use a place to call home. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
  - jareklupinski 5y ago
    camper van ;) nt
  - fock 5y ago
    it is kind of antisocial to siphon emergency funds from the public, when income stayed constant.
- codyswann 5y ago
  Yeah. Those folks at the local green market trying to make a profit from selling food are down-right evil! /s

fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago

I live in CA and it’s very common for landlords to illegally attempt to keep all of the deposit with trumped-up damage charges. I’ve had success with aggressively worded legal threats to fight this behavior, but a lot of people lose their deposits this way. If the landlord is friends with a contractor who can write a receipt, they can get away with a lot.

slownews45 5y ago
I'd be surprised if this a profitable strategy. Eviction timelines in CA under best of case circumstances are measured in months. That starts usually well after someone has fallen behind on their rent. So you are 4-5 months out on rental income minimum. And even in a reasonably well kept place by tenants (not common) you are going to be doing repairs / new carpet / new paint etc. Then the showings / applications / screening cycle begins again. In CA deposits even earn interest. So this claim, that landlords like renting to bad tenants so they can go through the CA eviction process when the tenants stops paying and damages the place to make money by maybe getting a contractor to inflate some kind of repair that they think they can get away with - is a real stretch. In most evictions the default in rent alone will eat up most or all of the deposit. Landlords just wish they could get tenants out faster so the deposit would cover more of what is ultimately owed in these cases. There is not tons of extra deposit money floating around here.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
  I’m disagreeing with this specific claim: > In CA you can only keep portion of deposit used for repairs, you can't use it to cover all your other overhead costs on a flip. So you are guaranteed to lose money on the flip relative to renting it. I’m not endorsing the notion that there is a grand conspiracy to house and evict tenants to steal their security deposits. Just saying that landlords can and do opportunistically steal deposits, even in California. That can’t be the reason the grand conspiracy is impossible.