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Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years

 
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Was this OP?


 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


Question is was that your wife?
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Go to any small town, and there will be people who have never left, have never even gone over to the next town. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Life is a very small, empty place for most people. If you are more fortunate, be grateful.

Many of those people you are criticizing were broken long ago. I am broken.

No one cares. The world is an empty shallow place, as proven by your post.
 Quoting: Feathery


So eloquently put! hf
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The problem is all of those slumlords in a large city or town that operates on bare minimum upkeep and provides these lower or zero income renters a questionable place to stay. City officials with lack of enforcement of housing standards are another big part of the problems facing most communities.
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
I love the people in rentals that have a 80K car parked outside LOL
 Quoting: Mithradates


Rare.

Most people drive broken down used cars because most of their money goes into rent.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


My experience is that long term renters are for one reason or another societies hard luck story bottom dwellers or stoners and failures getting by with the least responsibility possible.

I was a renter after I left home and during school and never skipped town and always left the place cleaner than I got it.
You get a different demographic in college towns and areas where people are passing through in the pursuit to better lives than where the societies failed flotsam and jetsam layer out.
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There is a difference between slumlord and landlord

A decent landlord can own some single family homes and everything is above board.

A slumlord owns a trailer park or apartment units and never does maintenance or improvements

Slumlords are the real problem

Renting for many is a convenience because they can move around easily and find new jobs and opportunities
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
MOST LANDLORDS NOW WOULD THANK GOD FOR HAVING FUNCTIONAL LOWER MIDDLE CLASS *WORKING* VIABLE, LAW ABIDING, NON DRUG ADDICTS

THEIR LIVES ENSURE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DO NOT OWN PASSPORTS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ABROAD OTHER THAN MEXICO OR CANADA WHERE ITS NOT NEEDED.

I WOULD BET A GOOD QUARTER OF THOSE HAVE NO IDEA HOW/WHERE TO APPLY FOR ONE, WHY DO YOU USE TRAVEL AS A YARDSTICK TO MEASURE SOMEONE'S WORTH ON THIS PLANET AS A DECENT HUMAN BEING? WEIRD

THIS HAS TO BE THE STRANGEST LANDLORD'S COMPLAINT THREAD EVER.

MOST OF THEM INVOLVE DRUNKS, SECTION 8, COPS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

YOU HAVE PAYING TENANTS AND YOU ARE UPSET THEY WOULD RATHER MICROWAVE A MEAL TO KEEP THE OVEN OFF IN HOT WEATHER AND WATCH GAME OF THRONES INSTEAD OF GOING TO MONTE CARLO OR BULLFIGHTS?

WASTE OF MONEY?

YOU DECIDE.

SPEND IT ON CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS FOR YOUR NIECE/NEPHEW AND SAVE ENOUGH TO PAY YOUR ELECTRIC BILL THIS WINTER,FUCK 'TRAVEL'
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08/08/2022 11:56 AM
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And during all that time I have had one person go on a vacation and it was locally. I have had hundreds of tenants over the years and not one of them has actually gone on an actual vacation. When they take time off it means they are staying home.

Another thing Id like to add is not one of my tenants have had a life of any kind. Most of them go to work every day and come home like Groundhog Day....for YEARS! Then one day I see that they are no longer working at all and just hanging out at home 24/7 whether its old or young, male or female.

Its hard to describe how deadbeat people really are, if they have money they buy the latest BS on TV and have no idea what its like out in the world and dont care to know.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


If you care so much for their being... maybe you lower the rent so they can go on holiday...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83977016


Or you could give his tenants some money and help them out. Since you care so much.
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08/08/2022 12:02 PM
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
I’ve been a landlord for 9 and I have no idea what my tenants do with their free time because it’s none of my business. People like you give landlords bad names.
 Quoting: Rorschach Watchmen


Did you double your rent from 2020 to 2022 like everyone else?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


No. I have had a mother with two kids for the last year and half, she always pays on time and lets me know about even the smallest dent in drywall. It’s a 3 & 2 house in a quiet neighborhood with a brand new school a couple blocks away. She’s a great tenant and I have charged her the same since her first months rent. My property is right next to some duplexes and the guy/corporation that owns those is scum. They charge 400 more than I do and it’s one less bedroom. If you’re a good landlord, most of the time you won’t have any issues. There is exceptions but I live in a very rural area and normally get great people.
 Quoting: Rorschach Watchmen


Even a good landlord is still a lazy entitled fuck.

Why dont you sell the house to those nice people at a fair price and get a real job?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


I’ve been a landlord for 9 and I have no idea what my tenants do with their free time because it’s none of my business. People like you give landlords bad names.
 Quoting: Rorschach Watchmen


Did you double your rent from 2020 to 2022 like everyone else?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


No. I have had a mother with two kids for the last year and half, she always pays on time and lets me know about even the smallest dent in drywall. It’s a 3 & 2 house in a quiet neighborhood with a brand new school a couple blocks away. She’s a great tenant and I have charged her the same since her first months rent. My property is right next to some duplexes and the guy/corporation that owns those is scum. They charge 400 more than I do and it’s one less bedroom. If you’re a good landlord, most of the time you won’t have any issues. There is exceptions but I live in a very rural area and normally get great people.
 Quoting: Rorschach Watchmen


Even a good landlord is still a lazy entitled fuck.

Why dont you sell the house to those nice people at a fair price and get a real job?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


Haha! Now I know you’re a dumb commie zoomer. Tenants usually have poor credit. 550 at best. That’s why they rent. They couldn’t get a damn loan anyway.
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
I bet you trade rent for "favors" don't you? You fucking pervert.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


Only a pervert would bring something like that up.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


I think you do. Single moms who are late on rent, lost they job -- you pervert.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


I have had maybe one or two people late on rent over the years. As a landlord you dont make dumb mistakes like your perverted mind believes.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Bullshit. 22 Years? 1 or 2 late?
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
how would you know if someone goes on vacation?
i dont report that somewhere
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
The problem is all of those slumlords in a large city or town that operates on bare minimum upkeep and provides these lower or zero income renters a questionable place to stay. City officials with lack of enforcement of housing standards are another big part of the problems facing most communities.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80128449


You think your smart but you are not.

The second those are renovated the tenants will no longer ba able to afford the increase in rent.

FACT I see it all the time, when their lease is up tell them it’s getting fixed up and the rent is going up 30% minimum on a remodel.

BOOM they are on the streets and freaking because they can’t find a place to live for what they were paying.
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08/08/2022 12:06 PM
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
Most people are addicted to screens.

The future is people indoors, on welfare, addicted to drugs, watching netflix, indulging in VR.
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
My FIL has a former tenant who's suing him for $650,000.

Tenant complained 24/7 about repairs needing to be done but refused all access continually to unit for repairmen, even with sheriff's deputies aid.

Plaintiffs attorney has a big surprise coming. No liability insurance exists anymore. No assets in his name to seize. They're working on contingency.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46757606


Yep its time to get out of the business (and its a side business). I had someone try to sue me for falling down a flight of stairs which she put small Christmas trees all along the stairs.

Go ahead and try to get a rental for what I charge elsewhere. I dont have to do it.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Millions of deadbeats expecting free shit forever.
Yeah, nothing but trouble and its getting worse every day as the public gets more animalistic and entitlement oriented.
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
Most people are addicted to screens.

The future is people indoors, on welfare, addicted to drugs, watching netflix, indulging in VR.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80999355


Aka, idiocracy
“When you’re dead you’re dead, but you’re not quite so dead if you contribute something”

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08/08/2022 12:17 PM
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
I am one of those long term renters

OP is correct in my case even if his definition of deadbeat is somewhat incorrect.

Let me explain my situation. Although I have always had a decent job, I had an ingrained anti-usury attitude which created an early revulsion in me to paying a mortgage. Also, I was never confident enough in my abilities to think I would always have a steady source of income. I was also not particularly attractive so I realized that luv would only come my way via my bank account.....and i didn't really like the added pressure of keeping that going. I've never had a burning desire for a family because something inside me told me i wouldn't be able to keep one together.

So, I ended up using my money in other ways.....such as generosity. I still drive my old car so I haven't spent a lot on myself

I do visit relatives when I get a rare vacation so i guess i don't fall into that category.

But i do have limited ambition. I don't think i have ever received a promotion at work but i think that i have mastered the peter principle in knowing my highest level of competence and avoiding my level of incompetence.

So I have survived......without being a burden on others (by the grace of God), which is really all i ever wanted.
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08/08/2022 12:25 PM
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
GLP low life renters are pissed.

And know they cant go on real vacations sipping Mia Tia’s while watching the sunset on Waikiki!

FACT
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80788445


Theyre all the same. Drunk or high as fuck all the time, either pregnant with the latest baby daddy or getting over another abortion thinking about investing in their nest tattoo or official Harleu Davidson apparel. The young ones and single females with children are always a trainwreck.
None of them can be trusted for anything.
Didnt feel safe wrapped in Kevlar around them
I didnt want no part of it or their problems, which were all of their own making .
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I love the people in rentals that have a 80K car parked outside LOL
 Quoting: Mithradates


Rare.

Most people drive broken down used cars because most of their money goes into rent.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


Some drive broken down cars and make plenty of money. I know how much they make and they could have any car they wanted. They could pay the rent in 7 days at work and buy a car for another 7 days. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out someones income when you're a landlord.

You can criticize me all you want, Im just telling the truth about hundreds of tenants Ive had over the years. It boggles my mind!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Are you by chance in Minnesota? Just a wild guess because people from there know everything about everyone.
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Re: Ive Been a Landlord for 22 years
And during all that time I have had one person go on a vacation and it was locally. I have had hundreds of tenants over the years and not one of them has actually gone on an actual vacation. When they take time off it means they are staying home.

Another thing Id like to add is not one of my tenants have had a life of any kind. Most of them go to work every day and come home like Groundhog Day....for YEARS! Then one day I see that they are no longer working at all and just hanging out at home 24/7 whether its old or young, male or female.

Its hard to describe how deadbeat people really are, if they have money they buy the latest BS on TV and have no idea what its like out in the world and dont care to know.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Thats because they spend all their money on rent.

You have no clue what its like to work a real job and exist in the real world.

You wouldn’t last.

All you do is sit around and collect money for nothing.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


Slumlords are the worst
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


Obviously you've never tried that job. It's the hardest one in the world. Don't diss it unless you can handle it.
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Go to any small town, and there will be people who have never left, have never even gone over to the next town. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Life is a very small, empty place for most people. If you are more fortunate, be grateful.

Many of those people you are criticizing were broken long ago. I am broken.

No one cares. The world is an empty shallow place, as proven by your post.
 Quoting: Feathery


And it’s getting worse. Soon people won’t be able to pay rent unless they live like migrants.
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Stay out of your tenants' lives, and you won't have to feel upset about people living their lives differently than you think they should. I'm sure they would appreciate you keeping your nose out of their private life too.
Lazy Monk
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And during all that time I have had one person go on a vacation and it was locally. I have had hundreds of tenants over the years and not one of them has actually gone on an actual vacation. When they take time off it means they are staying home.

Another thing Id like to add is not one of my tenants have had a life of any kind. Most of them go to work every day and come home like Groundhog Day....for YEARS! Then one day I see that they are no longer working at all and just hanging out at home 24/7 whether its old or young, male or female.

Its hard to describe how deadbeat people really are, if they have money they buy the latest BS on TV and have no idea what its like out in the world and dont care to know.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Thats because they spend all their money on rent.

You have no clue what its like to work a real job and exist in the real world.

You wouldn’t last.

All you do is sit around and collect money for nothing.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


Slumlords are the worst
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


Oh so if you rent apartments you're a slumlord?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Do you *RUB HANDS* op?
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Thats because they spend all their money on rent.

You have no clue what its like to work a real job and exist in the real world.

You wouldn’t last.

All you do is sit around and collect money for nothing.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77775929


Slumlords are the worst
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83514879


Oh so if you rent apartments you're a slumlord?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Do you *RUB HANDS* op?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79976252


What you don’t understand is some people can only afford slum.

It’s that or the street… the less slum it is the more the rent…

You clearly prefer homeless, on the streets or in a car… sick
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Slumlords are the worst
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Oh so if you rent apartments you're a slumlord?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


Do you *RUB HANDS* op?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79976252


What you don’t understand is some people can only afford slum.

It’s that or the street… the less slum it is the more the rent…

You clearly prefer homeless, on the streets or in a car… sick
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80788445


*RUBS HANDS*
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It's not just renters OP.
Most people do not have the discipline to be a business owner, to save and invest for the future, or even better their education.

But the world needs more ditch diggers than bankers anyway.
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My rent is the lowest around and has nothing to do with the rent prices nor their income. Anyone that works 5 or 6 days a week and doesnt have cash leftover for excursions of any kind is an idiot!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


I think your judgement on the “intelligence” of your renters is misplaced. There are many factors as to why people do what they do.

I suppose because you are currently a landlord you might think yourself smart.
However, this evaluation of yours is environment specific and environmentally dependent.

Don’t become overconfident in your assumed intelligence unless you are willing to be sorely disappointed.
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08/08/2022 01:32 PM
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Those of you who have faulted this LL and LLs in general---what are the costs and liability risks that a LL pays for in buying and running a rental property business?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83978156


They are the usual disrupters with no lives.
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OP sneaks into his tenants rentals when they leave for an extended time. (they don't leave their rental long enough for him to do that frequently, though, and that frustrates OP)
 Quoting: Butch DeFeo


I use to think you were intelligent.. Now I see you are a moron.
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It's not just renters OP.
Most people do not have the discipline to be a business owner, to save and invest for the future, or even better their education.

But the world needs more ditch diggers than bankers anyway.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75287734


True, but they dont even go out at all. No nature hikes, swim at the beach, nothing!
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Go to any small town, and there will be people who have never left, have never even gone over to the next town. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Life is a very small, empty place for most people. If you are more fortunate, be grateful.

Many of those people you are criticizing were broken long ago. I am broken.

No one cares. The world is an empty shallow place, as proven by your post.
 Quoting: Feathery


And it’s getting worse. Soon people won’t be able to pay rent unless they live like migrants.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83983404


We arent bolted down. I have worked all over the world and there are many places to go, live well and actually save a lot of money even going out often and taking side trips.
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thats sad
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83963311


I know its sad, but its the Gods honest truth. Most Americans are deadbeats. And I mean total deadbeats! Their joy is microwaving a pre made rack of ribs from the grocery store and watch the idiot box.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73438213


waitwhat

Deadbeats because all they do is work and hang out at home?

Try brainwashed. That's what they are. We're at the pinnacle of brainwashing technologies and processes and most people alive today have spent a solid third of their lives in front of a screen and another sizeable chunk of it in school.

There's no control group out there either so you can compare the brain damage. I personally believe a lot of the mental illnesses out there and the cognitive decline diseases all trace back to the screens.

And one more thing: A lot of them live hand and mouth and don't have the money to "live it up."





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