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[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

I'm a landlord. I'm priced WELL below the market because my tenant is state patrol and is a great guy and a good family. I haven't raised his rent ever. I will raise it when my HOA goes up next year, but that's only to help cover my fees. If keep the rent so I can pick the right renters that is compatible with me. I rather have a good renter than a few bucks more a month.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I think the real test is if you give their deposit back. I've never gotten my deposit back without a fight, even after cleaning the apartment top-to-bottom. That's why I always take photos before leaving.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This happened to me once. They sent a guy to check my place out, he said "Looks good, you'll get your security deposit back." Then months went by. Well unfortunately for them my BIL is a real estate lawyer and he was happy to draw up a packet of documents I could take to small claims court. I had to serve them about 3 times, each time the cost of serving them got tacked on. They didn't show so I won by default so now the real work begang, collecting. They FINALLY paid it but I said, "You need to add the cost of serving you to it." so they drew up a new check. Yup, a pain in the ass.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Shit my place was in better condition when I left than the way it was when moved in and they still wouldn't give the deposit back.

Free market doesn't work quite so well when it's a required item like housing or medical.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I cleaned the nasty ass yellow chain-smoker patina from the previous tenant off of my walls that were actually white.

[-] Fraeco@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way!

My previous landlord was like this. Lived there 4 years, rent never went up. We left the place like we found it (which was pristine).

[-] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Just bc you are a great landlord doesn't mean anyone should be able to hold such power over anyone. Not to mention ownership of land is a human concept we can live without.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Not to mention ownership of land is a human concept we can live without.

How would you do it differently?

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So how do you handle it when there are more people than space available? How do you cover the cost of maintenance? What would prevent someone from taking your house without ownership rights?

[-] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

'Abolish ownership' is a pretty simple talking point, how would you make it work in a legal sense?

Who determines what is your responsibility vs the neighbor vs the city? How do you establish legal boundaries for purposes of theft, vandalism, or trespassing?

Laws might seem cold (because they are) or inhumane (because they are) but they are also the thing that keeps society organized. And that makes them one of the most important human inventions. Rights are the result of laws.

If you're concerned about land prices, or people being 'priced out' of things, there are important alternate solutions to that kind of problem. Things like social services, improving education, breaking up super corporations, promoting healthy neighborhood design and small business, etc.

[-] paradx@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I think one main argument of people that take the 'abolish ownership' seriously don't mean the concept of owning things you need and use, but the concept of claiming ownership of property that you DON'T use and use that as a way of enacting power over others. So I would say it wouldn't be throwing people out of their homes but that owning property you are not using your self would not be legal. You could grab land or an empty house and it would be yours as long as you need it. Of cause this will not get rid of all the problems and conflict that already exists in some form now, but it doesn't have to be total chaos and lawlessness.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I don't have power over my tenants. They have as much power as I do. They can leave and I can also ask him to leave.

They have zero obligation to stay at my place.

I have a space to rent and they need a place to live. It's a business transaction that both parties benefit from.

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