I’ve had to rent out rooms and the basement of my home as a “landlord” and I lowered the rent on people in stead of raising it because they were giving me enough to cover part of my mortgage. It still felt shitty and exploitative to do. Especially if something broke and they had to wait to say, use the toilet.
I’d never want to do that again if possible. Also my “tenants” were not people or friends I knew beforehand. I just tried not to be a piece of shit about it.
When I see “real estate experts” gouging people to buy more real estate and bragging on social media about it - I do think they are, in fact, fucking parasites on people that do actually contribute to society. It doesn’t have to be this way. Housing should not be a commodity.
Turret3857@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
not a landlord, I hate landlords, but I do have room mates and this shit sucks. none of them seem to have any understanding that if food.is kept in the fridge too long it will mold, or that putting a bowl in the dishwasher facing the door won’t clean it. its like living with a bunch of 10 year olds figuring out how to do chores for the first time
Sea_pop@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I fucking hated having roommates. Our house had two kitchens and you’d think that would solve a lot of the issues… Nope. Cat litter box. Garage. Shared backyard. Everything that could be mistreated, or used improperly, was.