@Radical_EgoCom
The best landlord I ever had did treat it like a job. Too many feel they don't have to do anything. This guy charged a very reasonable rent, had a big portfolio of properties and employed a bookeeper/secretary an electrician and a builder. He paid himself a wage and kept his margins fair. 1/2
@Radical_EgoCom
My worst experiences have been with owners of one or two houses who think they've suddenly become landed gentry, don't want to do any work on their properties and treat tenants like they owe them something. 2/2
@DrArtAnalytics @Radical_EgoCom my only really good experience with a landlord was in Japan, where my landlord was the city and not an individual. They only charged us for not cleaning the kitchen fan when we moved out.
Second best was in Ontario, which had strong tenant protection laws, no damage deposit and also my landlord was too lazy to actually increase my rent for several years. But then maintenance was a bit crap.
I'm against all landlords, even the "good" ones. The inherent problem with landlording isn't the personalities of the landlords. It's the act of landlording itself.
@Radical_EgoCom @DrArtAnalytics
the assets in our lives should be assets because we use them, not because they make us money through rent, interest or profit
@steviesyerda @Radical_EgoCom @DrArtAnalytics
Exactly, everyone *needs* a house to live in, it has a clear 'use value'.
What capitalism does is turn it into a product of 'exchange value' and an assets that increases in value due to scarcity.
But we don't *need* landlords. My landlord didn't built the flat I live in, they don't even pay for the maintainance (my rent does). Were they to dissapear in a puff of smoke, the only difference to my life it would make, is it make it substantially better.
#Landlords #Marx
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