Maybe I'm missing implication in another culture, but around me landlord specifically refers to someone owning a home that is being actively rented/leased by another. If you haven't had tenants, you aren't considered a landlord

[–] tiny_iota@endlesstalk.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

uninhabited house on the market

so landlords

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If someone never had and is not looking for a tenant and is actively waiting for someone to buy their property, they are not a landlord.

[–] tiny_iota@endlesstalk.org 1 points 3 months ago

and thusly they could, on a whim, turn around and decide to sell their house. for no reason or any reason. Because they own that land. they are lord of that land. a landlord one might say. Gee language is fun