I don't think it's prestige; I think it's the lack of (for landlords) alternate paying customers. I suspect if that we were in a pre-covid real estate market t

I don't think it's prestige; I think it's the lack of (for landlords) alternate paying customers. I suspect if that we were in a pre-covid real estate market these evictions would have gone way faster. As it is, it's not like the landlord has potential customers waiting in the wings, so treating this as what it is (ie a price negotiation) seems like a value-optimizing strategy.