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    2 years ago

    “Fix my AC!”

    Particularly ironic that this is being framed as “unreasonable” because landlords themselves directly argue that their upkeep of the house justifies the significant upcharge they take from tenants. Like, even if we argued that landlord as a career is 100% acceptable and valid, that would literally be your job, would be like a professional chef complaining about people saying “make me food!”

    • @And009@reddthat.com
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      152 years ago

      Had a cook who literally complained about receiving too many different kinds of orders and the customers were not even in a hurry

    • @Hyperi0n@lemmy.film
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      112 years ago

      I had a rentoid that would call me for the most insane shit all the time. Changing light bulbs, fixing their own personal AC unit and stopping a neibourhood dog from barking.

      When they were evicted I held the damage deposit because the hardwood floors and internal doors were damaged to fuck by their dog which they tried to claim as being normal wear and tear.

      • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        102 years ago

        Sounds rough man. Maybe you should just sell the property, then you wouldn’t have to deal with such things.

          • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            12 years ago

            I own my house, doesn’t mean I can’t see landlords are leaches that are screwing the housing market.

            • @Hyperi0n@lemmy.film
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              12 years ago

              Anyone who owns a home is a landlord by definition. You’re a lord of alloted land.

              It’s silly that you believe that landlords are the problem. The housing crisis is 100% Chinese, Arab and Large buisness investors.

              You’re the type that talks about the environmental impact of the people when 80% of pollution comes from a single source.

              • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                12 years ago

                Anyone who owns a home is a landlord by definition.

                I suppose if you completely fail to understand context sure, but why would I bother trying to have a discussion with someone who fails to understand basic context?

                The housing crisis is 100% Chinese, Arab and Large buisness investors.

                And what are these investors doing? Are they perhaps being landlords and renting out the property?

        • @Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          22 years ago

          And they’re paying the bank, income tax, and property taxes. It’s not just free money. Slumlords exist, but the post doesn’t stop at slumlords and references landlords in general, which opens it up to fair criticism from much more of the populace that may just own 2-3 houses. Unless you’ve owned and maintained the house for over a decade, you wouldn’t profit from renting it it many areas. It’s mostly just paying bills while you hope the value goes up.

      • Yup, people here are generally young and have only had experience being on the tenant side of the equation. Someday they may find out what it is like being on the other side and that tenants can be pigs.

        • @Hyperi0n@lemmy.film
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          32 years ago

          They may be good tenants and assume that most tenants are good tenants. Not realizing how rare that is.

          Then you also have the ones who say every landlord is bad, which is clearly them just being a bad tenant.

          I put my rent fairly low to help people out but the low income people are generally disasters to rent to.