• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m a landlord. I’m priced WELL below the market because my tenant is state patrol and is a great guy and a good family. I haven’t raised his rent ever. I will raise it when my HOA goes up next year, but that’s only to help cover my fees. If keep the rent so I can pick the right renters that is compatible with me. I rather have a good renter than a few bucks more a month.

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      This is the way!

      My previous landlord was like this. Lived there 4 years, rent never went up. We left the place like we found it (which was pristine).

    • OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Just bc you are a great landlord doesn’t mean anyone should be able to hold such power over anyone. Not to mention ownership of land is a human concept we can live without.

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        ‘Abolish ownership’ is a pretty simple talking point, how would you make it work in a legal sense?

        Who determines what is your responsibility vs the neighbor vs the city? How do you establish legal boundaries for purposes of theft, vandalism, or trespassing?

        Laws might seem cold (because they are) or inhumane (because they are) but they are also the thing that keeps society organized. And that makes them one of the most important human inventions. Rights are the result of laws.

        If you’re concerned about land prices, or people being ‘priced out’ of things, there are important alternate solutions to that kind of problem. Things like social services, improving education, breaking up super corporations, promoting healthy neighborhood design and small business, etc.

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          I think one main argument of people that take the ‘abolish ownership’ seriously don’t mean the concept of owning things you need and use, but the concept of claiming ownership of property that you DON’T use and use that as a way of enacting power over others. So I would say it wouldn’t be throwing people out of their homes but that owning property you are not using your self would not be legal. You could grab land or an empty house and it would be yours as long as you need it. Of cause this will not get rid of all the problems and conflict that already exists in some form now, but it doesn’t have to be total chaos and lawlessness.

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        I don’t have power over my tenants. They have as much power as I do. They can leave and I can also ask him to leave.

        They have zero obligation to stay at my place.

        I have a space to rent and they need a place to live. It’s a business transaction that both parties benefit from.

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        So how do you handle it when there are more people than space available? How do you cover the cost of maintenance? What would prevent someone from taking your house without ownership rights?

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              ever tried actually working for a living rather than leeching off other peoples labour for free?

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                Wait what? Leeching off others? Did I not pay for the house they are living in? Are you saying you can get a free house to rent out to others? Please tell me how… Or you’re an idiot. Probably an idiot.

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                  Not an idiot, I just have ethics and wont leech off others labours because I was fortunate enough to buy a title that says I get to do it.

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                    So I also renter while renting my place out. I don’t feel like anyone is leeching off me. Maybe this moral ethics thing you’re talking about is a personal problem.

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      You’re a bum. How dare you. You take money for nothing. You should let him live there for free. No one should own anything. I hate tipping. Fuck cars. I think that about covers it. :)