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Every time this subject comes up all we hear about is how risky it is for the landlord. Like... no shit? It's an investment. Risk is part of investments. Someti

Every time this subject comes up all we hear about is how risky it is for the landlord. Like... no shit? It's an investment. Risk is part of investments. Sometimes investments don't pay out, and sometimes you lose money. If you want to make money in a risk-averse manner, might I suggest a job instead of an investment property? You know, like the people who's money you want to take are required to prove to you they have, so you can take a nice chunk of it so they can not freeze to death? One of those. They're all over the place, according to the landlords. > One of the landlords I spoke to, said that while he understood why renter protections had become so strong, it took forever to kick out a tenant not paying rent. Did he happen to mention why the tenant stopped paying? Because that's probably pretty relevant to why renter protections were stopping him from throwing him out onto the street. Like, I'm sorry it's bit of a bureaucratic fuckabout to KICK SOMEONE OUT OF THEIR HOME but you know, the landlord in this scenario has the economic backing to, in some way, own an extra residence that they don't need, and the tenant they're trying to evict (probably) doesn't. So on the whole I'm okay with renter protections making that hard. One of these people is acutely more vulnerable to houselessness, and it isn't the dude with 2+ houses. Again, if this is a problem, maybe said landlord should get a job.

b112 2y ago
Your entire argument is basically "how dare someone have something I don't" and "people shouldn't seek to mitigate risk". This won't get far with me, and seems to me to be a pointless response. Are you seriously of the thought that owning more than one home is wrong? And renting it to someone that cannot afford to buy a home is wrong? If so, why? Do you get mad if that person just leaves the money in the bank, and the second home isn't built? Are you mad people may make more than you? Do you believe everyone should just be given all the same stuff? This is essentiall your argument. How does that function, societally? Magic?
- ToucanLoucan 2y ago
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  - b112 2y ago
    You're quite abusive, but beyond that, you're not really responding in kind. The post you originally responded to, simply explained the risks involved in renting, and why a credit check is often used to reduce that risk. As a response you went on a rant about, essentially, "screw landlords" inline with "because they have what I don't". This is effectively what you said, and you've doubled down here. No matter what, you're blaming the wrong people. If you have an issue with how certain aspects of our free economy works, I'll listen. But blaming landlords is akin to blaming car dealerships because a car is expensive. It's finger pointing without cause.
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > No it isn't, your straw-man is pathetic I came into this argument sympathetic to your point of view, and I think I might have flipped my position. OP's arguments are far from straw men.
  - throw10920 2y ago
    > I cannot express to you in words how little your opinion means to me. Please review the HN guidelines before commenting further. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

b112 2y ago

Your entire argument is basically "how dare someone have something I don't" and "people shouldn't seek to mitigate risk". This won't get far with me, and seems to me to be a pointless response. Are you seriously of the thought that owning more than one home is wrong? And renting it to someone that cannot afford to buy a home is wrong? If so, why? Do you get mad if that person just leaves the money in the bank, and the second home isn't built? Are you mad people may make more than you? Do you believe everyone should just be given all the same stuff? This is essentiall your argument. How does that function, societally? Magic?

ToucanLoucan 2y ago
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- b112 2y ago
  You're quite abusive, but beyond that, you're not really responding in kind. The post you originally responded to, simply explained the risks involved in renting, and why a credit check is often used to reduce that risk. As a response you went on a rant about, essentially, "screw landlords" inline with "because they have what I don't". This is effectively what you said, and you've doubled down here. No matter what, you're blaming the wrong people. If you have an issue with how certain aspects of our free economy works, I'll listen. But blaming landlords is akin to blaming car dealerships because a car is expensive. It's finger pointing without cause.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > No it isn't, your straw-man is pathetic I came into this argument sympathetic to your point of view, and I think I might have flipped my position. OP's arguments are far from straw men.
- throw10920 2y ago
  > I cannot express to you in words how little your opinion means to me. Please review the HN guidelines before commenting further. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html