Landlords don’t work hard, they don’t sacrifice anything, they don’t shed blood or tears doing what they do, they don’t have any sleepless nights when they’re not snorting coke and they don’t have any kindness or love.
And I’m not going to tip my landlord. I hate tipping. Why am I considered an asshole for not tipping when their boss won’t give them a living wage?
Does it go against the narrative that my ll is a fireman and bought the house from his friend and he spent two full days stripping the deck out and putting a new one in?
In my experience there are some landlords who have people’s best interests at heart. I do believe landlords are parasitic, but not everyone does, and out of those people there are some who become landlords because they think it will actually help people. And to be fair, when I was in undergrad, I rented a house with some guys and our landlord charged us $290/month/person and paid for all the utilities. I couldn’t have saved any money from my part time job in any other situation. The house was nice, we each had our own room, and we shared 3 bathrooms. He was quick about repairs too. No lease agreement either, and when anybody moved out he didn’t raise the rent. I stayed there for 3 years, others for longer.
Dude lots of dumb things are parasitic. Sex work, childcare and babysitting, hell Uber eats is parasitic. The more complex a system becomes the more useless work is produced until the system either collapses or some of that work becomes devalued before society produces new utility so to speak.
Why is he carrying a rock labelled hard work? Is that what he calls your rent check or something? I work hard, my land lord does not. That’s literally the entire relationship.
Lol. It’s hilarious you said Gary. I worked for a contractor who son (he and everyone knows his daddy gave him everything) had a couple rent houses. His name was Gary. He’s alright.
Idk why it’s a landlord thing to be called Gary, in my family betweent me my parents and my brother we all had at least one landlord called Gary at some point in our lives 😂😂😂
Dude I hate them more than anyone but I’m working in a jurisdiction where the legal term has been changed to “rent provider” and it’s a total fucking shitshow. A name is what you make it.
Exactly, if you’ve got money lying around, invest in something that doesn’t require you to get off your ass and ensure the singular person/family selling their labour for your dividends isn’t forced to shelter in a mold infested leaky death trap.
You’re profiting of someone else’s undeniable need for shelter and housing. You can at least fix the broken extraction fan above the gas cooker and not winge about the loss your precious rental income for that week.
The stock market is way easier to invest in than the property market. I genuinely don’t understand why landlords take it on, then bitch about it.
Am German and am living in my second apart now since moving out. This is absolutely not a thing. You pay your rent on time and that’s it. Anything else on top would be inappropriate.
Edit: In case this is a whoosh moment, we do absolutely pay a tip. Like 20%-ish
It depends on the landlord. Some have built-in kitchens that come with the rental “free of charge”, some expect you to furnish the kitchen yourself, usually offering some kind of discount because the kitchen isn’t included.
In my current flat, the previous renter had installed their own kitchen and sold it to us as to not have to move the entire kitchen to their new flat. But it varies a lot from flat to flat.
What we usually don’t have is fully furnished flats and houses as people in the US oftentimes do.
People give tips to other who do nothing outside their job, oh you made the coffee i ordered and hand it to me sure have $5, thanks for handing the pizza i ordered over the counter have $10, payed for my groceries that i picked out myself and paid via self checkout sure have a 25% tip.
Why not tip someone who ensures where you live, where you children live, where all your precious posesstions are kept is safe, secure, and supported? Seems like you don’t actually care about the money, just want to have someone to shit on and feel mighter than them… (Kidding im a landlord and id call someone nuts for tipping me)
Edit: Apparently everyone is missing the massive /S
Because those people provided something to you. They made or delivered the food. All a landlord does is gatekeep a necessity that people can’t live without. He didn’t build it. The only thing he did to you is prevent you getting housing. That is why they are leeches.
Rent seeking is not the same as providing value. Buying a house to rent it out is like buying concert tickets to sell them at a high price when the concert is sold out.
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