• @skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz
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    4510 months ago

    I realize that I may be in the minority here, but I used to be a landlord. I never charged full market rate, and I always took care of my tenants. I never kept any security deposit money. One tenant had a breakup, and I showed up that evening with a locksmith to change her locks so he wouldn’t be a problem. That cost me some money but it didn’t cost her anything. I mean, they’re paying for service you need to provide service.

    • @can@sh.itjust.works
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      2210 months ago

      I remember people like you. It’s always appreciated but eventually a corporation gets every building.

    • @Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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      1910 months ago

      You did it right, but the only thing keeping most people honest is regulation. Until pro-tenant behavior is properly incentivized for landlords, most will remain shitty and selfish.

      • @Smk@lemmy.ca
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        410 months ago

        Most ? Where is your statistics? What kind of bullshit statement is this.

        • sebinspace
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          1310 months ago

          -gestures broadly at the history of the entire human species-

          I’m not a misanthrope, but humans haven’t exactly earned a gold star for behavior.

    • @Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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      1610 months ago

      And because of that, you made less money. A bastard landlord would make more money and be able to invest that money into buying more properties. Those properties would bring even more money, allowing them to buy even more property and so forth. This dynamic is why the vast majority of landlords (and capitalists in general) are bastards.

      • @WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world
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        1110 months ago

        Capitalism is a system where the selfish and greedy will always triumph over the selfless and charitable. It is designed from the ground up to incentivize selfish behavior.

      • @skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz
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        510 months ago

        I was OK making less money. The place was paid for, no mortgage. The only reason I sold was because of our horrible medical system.

        • DreamButt
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          510 months ago

          You’re assuming the market has other options for those tenants and that moving for a tenant is a viable option. Many many people live paycheck to paycheck for rent let alone saving up for down payments and moving costs

    • @xenoclast@lemmy.world
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      1010 months ago

      Sincerely thank you for being a good person in a harmfully flawed system. You probably won’t get rewarded for it. Most likely you’ll be punished for it. But someone out there probably thinks you’re pretty cool for doing it.