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22TopShelf22 t1_j9b1f6w wrote

Reply to comment by wildweasel29 in Who's the worst landlord in Springfield? by strangemud

This sounds like someone that has no money and no job would say. Business are not charities. McDonald's does not feed homeless people and they have a lot more money and resources than any landlord in this town. You seriously expect them to give away their houses?

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wildweasel29 t1_j9b1vea wrote

I don't expect them to give anything away.

I expect society to not allow such blatant exploitation and depravity.

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22TopShelf22 t1_j9b6ubl wrote

So is it society or the land lord that are bad people, the enablers? You sound extremely entitled. Do you work?

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wildweasel29 t1_j9befq5 wrote

Ah yes extremely entitled... because i believe everyone deserves shelter.

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22TopShelf22 t1_j9bg1pp wrote

I appreciate your honesty. You should be thankful the working people pay taxes so.you can live for free. You seem to be the real parasite here. The workers are simply.your host.

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wildweasel29 t1_j9bhc07 wrote

An yes the parasite saying maybe we shouldn't let people freeze.

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ThumYorky t1_j9bkb56 wrote

I mean, even with this frame of view landlords are still bad. They don’t work. They just own

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the_honeyman t1_j9bo9bk wrote

You should be thankful the actual working people pay rent so you can have your house for free.

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WendyArmbuster t1_j9d5mcp wrote

I don't think someone who bought a bunch of houses and rent them out for significantly more than their mortgage payment is really comparable to McDonald's. McDonald's takes raw food products and cooks them and packages them in a way that's convenient, and thus adds value. Landlords are more like people who buy McDonald's food and sell it for more than McDonald's charges to people who don't have a 750 credit score, while adding no value.

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22TopShelf22 t1_j9dsvag wrote

So you act like land lords do nothing. Who do.you think pays the mortgage when the tenants don't. Who pays the mortgage when the tenants trash the house? Who pays to fix a trashed house? I know a few landlords that work a lot and pay a lot of people to do.work. You can fix your credit score. Pay your bills on time and live with a budget. Try the Dave Ramsey course. People have low credit scores as a result.of not paying their bills on time. Its pretty simple.

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WendyArmbuster t1_j9ew7pw wrote

>So you act like land lords do nothing.

No, I said they add no value. Leeches do something. They put effort into what they do, but they're still leeches.

>You can fix your credit score.

My credit score is perfect. I mean perfect. I get the lowest rates on everything. I've cultivated my credit score my whole life, deliberately. My investments are doing well. I'm not desperate, and that's why I'm not renting. It's true that the overall problem of low credit scores and financial illiteracy in America are as big of a problem as landlords, but the excessive rentals in Springfield is as big of a problem.

I will say that it's important to be able to rent when you need a house for less time than would make sense to buy in a particular location, and in that case landlords do add value, but our rental situation is such that the excessive rentals are screwing with housing prices, and it needs a correction. We have way too many in Springfield right now.

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