a coworker made the mistake of becoming a landlord. he owns 2 homes and a 4 apt complex. he bought them in pretty rough condition for a steal of a price (an old guy who owned all 3 properties passed away and he bought them at auction. they had been tenant free for a year or so) and fixed them up respectably and lets just say the conversations he has with complete losers is just hilarious. The first person that moved into 1 of the apartments brought bedbug infested stuff with them and immediately blamed him for them. like within a week of moving in. renting the homes was a complete adventure. derp after derp after derp.

so on one hand, many landlords are nozzles...i get that. but i would guess that at least 50% of the time the renters in these situations are the asshats.

Having seen both ends of the landlord-renter relationship, I'll say while there are indeed scummy landlords, in far more cases there will be scummy tenants.

greatest landlord ever ?

Gotta agree. I saw it on my rental property. When people do not own the property and/or get government aid, they literally don't give a shit.

CFMB: Woke, but not so woke we won't defend landlords who abuse their tenants.

I had a townhouse with a "garden apartment" -- is that what they call basement apartments? Anyway, I left it vacant rather than deal with the hassle. I don't have the temperament to deal with people.

there are shitty landlords but there seems to be a lot more shittier tenants.

It was probably an illegal apartment anyway, right?

No shit. There are a lot more tenants than landlords.

The real issue is the attitude of the landlords and you can see it in this thread. They're starting from a place where this property is mine, I do shit the way I want, and fuck you if you don't like it. Unfortunately, that attitude has necessitated the admittedly draconian RLTO we have in Chicago.

I posted this thread with links to a message board where landlords congregate to discuss how to fuck their tenants and the reflex of the 10 percenters who post here is to defend landlords. I think that says it all.

CFMB: Woke, but not so woke we won't defend landlords who abuse their tenants.

No shit. There are a lot more tenants than landlords.

The real issue is the attitude of the landlords and you can see it in this thread. They're starting from a place where this property is mine, I do shit the way I want, and fuck you if you don't like it. Unfortunately, that attitude has necessitated the admittedly draconian RLTO we have in Chicago.

I posted this thread with links to a message board where landlords congregate to discuss how to fuck their tenants and the reflex of the 10 percenters who post here is to defend landlords. I think that says it all.

No shit. There are a lot more tenants than landlords.

The real issue is the attitude of the landlords and you can see it in this thread. They're starting from a place where this property is mine, I do shit the way I want, and fuck you if you don't like it. Unfortunately, that attitude has necessitated the admittedly draconian RLTO we have in Chicago.

I posted this thread with links to a message board where landlords congregate to discuss how to fuck their tenants and the reflex of the 10 percenters who post here is to defend landlords. I think that says it all.

Yea, it must be because all my landlords have been fine. Mebbe I've just been lucky? Knowing some colleagues who are landlords they're just desperate for a solid tenant. They bust their ass to keep a good tenant happy because it make thing easier for themselves too.

Kind of funny and ironic to use “guys on a message board” a basis for hating landlords. My goodness imagine the things they could say about sports fans if they starting linking posts from this board!

There's a big difference between a landlord who lives in the property and an absentee landlord.

I posted this thread with links to a message board where landlords congregate to discuss how to fuck their tenants and the reflex of the 10 percenters who post here is to defend landlords. I think that says it all.

see the problem is you took those 4 pictures he tweeted as them discussing how to fuck their tenants presumably but I quite frankly i can completely see it from the other side.

I'm glad they have a place to vent their frustration.

These people making a case for why land ownership should be forbidden.

I'm trying to think of a society that didn't have land ownership (either private or government) and evolved beyond living in tents as hunter gatherers.

I've read on the theories of land ownership. I haven't read anything on the psychology of it. I know it's not but it seems innate that humans want something to call their own with at least the right to exclude others as they see fit. It seems like sharing is something that has to be taught and is really only a byproduct of getting something else we want.