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    1 year ago

    No it’s absolutely not. Your comment displays a complete ignorance of the business.

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        1 year ago

        Not a scam. Not taking advantage of people. You’re just wrong on all accounts.

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          1 year ago

          what do you do as a landlord? Like when you come into work during your weird landlord schedule they always seem to have - what do you actually do?

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            Being a landlord means being self-employed. There’s no set 8-5 M-F schedule like there is when working in an office.

            It could mean meeting a contractor at 7:30am on a weekday or it could mean working on the weekend. Or staying at a property until 11pm painting to get it ready for a tenant.

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              There’s no set 8-5 M-F schedule like there is when working in an office.

              that’s why I mentioned the weird schedule they always have. My current one has some shit like Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm and then they don’t reopen until Tuesday at noon then are closed again on Wednesday. Like what the fuck.

              I never see my landlord doing shit like that. Just show people to new apartments usually.

              I work from home and look outside. I see people move in and move out all the time. I rarely see the guy in charge doing anything other than handing over some keys.

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              1 year ago

              or it could mean owning cheap apartment complex and having a building manager take care of almost everything.

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      1 year ago

      Wrong.

      I’d make a point, but you didn’t bother. Typical landlord unwilling to put in the work.

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        1 year ago

        Another person who doesn’t know what they’re talking about who is anti-business.

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          1 year ago

          I’m sure they’re not anti business, just anti exploitation

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            Well then it doesn’t make sense because being a landlord has nothing to do with exploitation.

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              1 year ago

              I mean, even the dictionary spells it out pretty clearly.

              “Explotation: The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage”

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              it has everything to do with maximizing rents and minimizing costs at the expensive of the people living in those properties. There is a reason why there are rules about increasing rents and protests / laws against demovicitions.

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          What’s more pro-business than wanting the people doing all the work to get paid without the leech shareholders that contribute nothing taking all the incentive for that work?

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          1 year ago

          Purchasing something that there is a limited amount of in order to profit off someone else wanting it. Sure sounds the same to me…

          No, wait, they are different. Concert tickets are necessary for survival.

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            This is a textbook case of “I don’t understand that thing, so I’m going to irrationally fear and hate that thing”. Making a comparison of two things that are completely different displays that lack of understanding.

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              This is a textbook example of “I can’t defend a thing, so I’m just going to say you’re wrong for disliking without offering any actual arguments for it.” Making no statements other than “No, your wrong!” Displays your lack of justification.