The 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

The 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.