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

submitted 7 months ago by tkk13909@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Does having an airbnb bikeshed get the guillotine?

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Man there's so much indiscriminate hate in here. I rent out an apartment to some tenants, and I rent myself, elsewhere. So I'm both a landlord and a tenant.

The rent I receive doesn't even cover the cost of the apartment. I'm losing money on it every year. So I'm subsidising someone's housing.

So why all the hate?

I like moving around so I'm not going sell and buy every couple of years.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

I made this point in another comment but it's because you're forced to rent, even if it doesn't make sense for you. Corporate landlords have bought out all the housing and commodified it, pricing out normal people who just want to live. It's either play their game or die on the streets.

Nobody would give a shit about renting if it were just a convenience thing, or a viable alternative to home ownership.

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[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What if I rent to family members under market value?

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I think you'd need to be renting it as a non-profit to not count. Under market value means you're still making money for basically nothing right?

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