the biggest problem in renting right now is the lack of tenant protections in many states. my landlord likes jerking me around and adding nonsense fees that (at

the biggest problem in renting right now is the lack of tenant protections in many states. my landlord likes jerking me around and adding nonsense fees that (at my hourly rate) would literally be more cost effective to just pay instead of fighting with them. granted, this is a college landlord that is just taking advantage of college students, but I should have more recourse than “sue them eventually” when my landlord charges me a $90 late fee on my $0 balance that requires 6 office visits to resolve. the other problem with landlords is that they aren’t spending capital to build. they’re spending capital to buy. corporate landlords (say 25+ units) should not be allowed to buy existing single family dwellings imo.