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Yup. What a homeowner does to maintain their home is a nontrivial amount of work and cost, so if a landlord does it they should charge a nonzero price for that
by cko 5y ago
Yup. What a homeowner does to maintain their home is a nontrivial amount of work and cost, so if a landlord does it they should charge a nonzero price for that service, right?
Or are you saying they shouldn't be 'competing' with homeowners at all? In my experience a landlord is not willing to buy at the same price point as an owner occupier, as they are less emotional about the property.
I used to be a landlord and didn't enjoy it much, so nowadays I own paper (stocks, notes) and literally do nothing.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoThe residents are no better off paying a landlord to pay for repairs than they are paying for them themselves. That's ridiculous. How does paying an inflated price for the same "service" I can do for myself by picking up a phone benefit me? To be clear, I am saying landlords should not exist, at least not as they do now. They're the equivalent of scalpers for housing.
- cko 5y agoIn that case I see them more as travel agents for housing. More work than scalping.