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My last renter texted me and told me the toilet wouldn’t flush. She said she “took it apart” but couldn’t fix it so it needed to be snaked out. I go there and a neighbor told me she set a can of cat food on the tank for her kitten to eat and it knocked the can into the bowl. She tried to flush it down. Her boyfriend shows up and tells me the same story. She only took the tank off (nowhere near where a clog would be) and she replaced it without replacing the gasket so it had been leaking water. Once I knew what the problem was I fixed it in 30 minutes. Her keeping the truth from me made it take a lot longer and cost more. I charged her $300 less than the property next door in a trendy neighborhood because I didn’t want to be "part of the problem ". Long story short, not everyone is cut out to be a home owner.

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jibbist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sounds like a moron, but fixing a toilet once doesn’t make it a job. It’s passive income like an investment

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- Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Own a house then get back to me
  
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  - Saurok@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I own a house. I work and I hire people if I can’t fix something myself. So far I’ve only had to do that once in 4 years. Owning a house is not a job. Landlord literally has “LORD” in the name… kinda hard to defend, friend.
    
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    Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s the strangest argument I’ve heard in a while. Owning a house isn’t a job but maintaining one is. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, HVAC are all jobs and if you don’t think so you must be one of these Republicans that think a person who gets their hands dirty doesn’t deserve a living wage.
    
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  - jibbist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I own a house, got a plumber for replace a cistern was like 30 mins of work, and I did that whilst working!
    
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    Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Your comment doesn’t make sense and is confusing. Are you AI?
    
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  - HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Pay income tax rather than capital gains tax on your house.
    
    Then get back to me.
    
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    Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I paid income taxes, property taxes and since I sold the house I will soon pay capital gains taxes
    
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JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s a good thing we’ve got people like you making that choice instead of leaving it to everyone to decide

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davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Your claim to be a worker because you did half an hour’s work in a month for a landlord’s income that’s so large you can afford to discount it by £300 a month isn’t the winning argument you think it is.

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vxx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My toilet and drain is maintained well enough that it would flush some cat food if needed.

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ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

because I didn’t want to be "part of the problem "

And yet, you’re still a landlord… 🤔

I guess the greed won over, eh?

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