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0 pointsthrance9h ago0 comments

> There’s also a psychological benefit of not having to worry about most problems. Sink broke? Call landlord to fix. Roof leaking? Call landlord to fix. And so on. You never have an unexpected $20k repair show up.

Not my experience, at all. All landlords I've had were lazy assholes who did the bare minimum, but never forgot to increase rent on the 1st of January, every single year.

Paying someone else for no other reason than to have the right to a roof is Middle Ages shit, that future generations will no doubt liken to serfdom.

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I_dream_of_Geni8h ago

To be fair, there's piles of sh*tty renters too, who abuse the system and ruin the experience for everyone. If you have ever been a landlord, especially in certain market areas, it pays to be that "lazy asshole", otherwise you'll lose your shirt (and more). Ask me how I know....

tstrimple4h ago

I bought a house shortly before unexpectedly relocating to SoCal. It didn't make any sense to sell, so we rented it out while we were there. The renters never seemed like a problem. Payments kept coming in as expected. They moved out and we took the place back over and found out they had converted one of the bedrooms to an indoor pet bathroom. Literally let their dogs shit and piss all over the floor. I always got annoyed trying to find a rental that would accept pets because our children have always done far more "wear and tear" on the house than our pets have. But after that mess we were left with it makes a lot more sense.

sokoloff5h ago

Where should housing come from if not by paying someone for it (either by the month [renting] or for an eternity [buying])?

My uncle built his own house; it took him ages (and still hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy the materials and land).

hdgvhicv9h ago

If you treat renting as a longer term hotel it’s fine. If you move to a city and want o know where to live you probably want somewhere short term for a year or two.

It’s when you are looking at long term living that there’s a problem.

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