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To everyone who hates the concepts of landlords and rent, what counts as being a landlord? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does having an AirBNB setup make someone deserving of the guillotine or does that only apply to owners of multiple houses? What about apartments?

Please explain your reasoning as well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am a reluctant landlord. If I had my way, I wouldn't have any properties other people lived in, but alas there are other factors at play. I'm a renter myself, and hope to buy a house soon, but the properties that my family has dog me still.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You already own real estate, why exploit people with it when you can just live in it and stop renting?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Location, location, location.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If only it were that easy my friend.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess: you own real estate in neighborhoods you wouldn't want to live in in hopes of extracting enough capital from your tenants so that you can buy your own home in a neighborhood you do want to live in.

You're exploiting people poorer than you so that you can become richer.

You're not one of the good ones...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That's quite a lot of assumptions. And they're all incorrect.