Lemmy can be such a hateful place sometimes. Mom and Pop landlords such as yourself are not the problem. I would assume that most people renting from you are not in a situation where they can buy a house yet. Providing them a place at a reasonable price gives them the opportunity to save for a house of their own. I think just about everybody who has bought a house had to rent first, including myself, without available rentals what would we do?
The only issue I have is with the types that rent part of their house at a price that’s well above their mortgage payments. I hate that everyone just shrugs and says “the market has spoken! Some website said I could get 2k for a studio basement apartment so that’s the price!”
I can’t say I like people buying multiple houses and then renting them so there is less for everyone who wants to buy, but I can be somewhat sympathetic to the idea that there really are people who just want to rent a house for a handful of years and then move on so in that case it really is a service.
My last landlord charged 1200 for a basement… His mortgage was less than $900… Yeah yeah taxes and whatnot, but the point remains that I should not be paying all of your expenses for the “luxury” of renting a basement…
That’s the punchline of this joke. You can’t. They’re all like this.
Stop pretending the free market provides infinite choices that we can jump to if we don’t like something. That’s not a thing outside of like, some consumer goods.
Lemmy can be such a hateful place sometimes. Mom and Pop landlords such as yourself are not the problem. I would assume that most people renting from you are not in a situation where they can buy a house yet. Providing them a place at a reasonable price gives them the opportunity to save for a house of their own. I think just about everybody who has bought a house had to rent first, including myself, without available rentals what would we do?
The only issue I have is with the types that rent part of their house at a price that’s well above their mortgage payments. I hate that everyone just shrugs and says “the market has spoken! Some website said I could get 2k for a studio basement apartment so that’s the price!”
I can’t say I like people buying multiple houses and then renting them so there is less for everyone who wants to buy, but I can be somewhat sympathetic to the idea that there really are people who just want to rent a house for a handful of years and then move on so in that case it really is a service.
My last landlord charged 1200 for a basement… His mortgage was less than $900… Yeah yeah taxes and whatnot, but the point remains that I should not be paying all of your expenses for the “luxury” of renting a basement…
Ok, then don’t.
Go find another place to live.
That’s the punchline of this joke. You can’t. They’re all like this.
Stop pretending the free market provides infinite choices that we can jump to if we don’t like something. That’s not a thing outside of like, some consumer goods.