Did those friends run the risk of having to pay for a new roof or anything else that can go wrong with a house? Tell me you’ve never owned a house without telling me you’ve never owned a house
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underisk@lemmy.ml 1 day agoUsing my “friends” to, pay off a personal debt while making $250/mo in profit off the,. See, it’s possible to be a good landlord, everyone!
Did you share any of what you made from the sale with your “friends” who helped you pay for it and kept it in good condition for you?
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 day ago
czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t try to talk sense into the senseless.
underisk@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Did the landlord have to risk losing his own home when the person who owns it decides they are done being a decent human and kicks them out for a higher paying tenant, or sells the property to another landlord who will do the same? Do they have to beg someone to come fix their shit in a timely manner or do they just call a repair man who doesn’t charge them $250/mo for the privilege of paying off someone else’s mortgage so they can call the repair man for you?
czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I rent two apartments in a state where all of that is not possible. Evictions take months and if repairs are not made quickly the tenant is legally entitled to withhold rent. But while on the topic I am most certainly on the hook for inflationary swings in:
- any and all repairs
- gas and electric
- insurance
- property taxes
- landscaping and snow removal
There is no free lunch, no one side is correct. Stop pretending this topic is black and white. There are some good landlords, many bad. Same goes for tenants.
tankfox@midwest.social 1 day ago
One reason it’s obvious you don’t have experience with home ownership is that you’re acting like the repair man is free and not easily an aggregate of 250/month when expensive repairs are needed. That is $3000 my dude, which is easily a single plumbing problem that the landlord, not the tenant, has to pay for out of pocket.
blandfordforever@lemm.ee 1 day ago
It seems like it was a situation where everyone felt like they got a good deal and nobody felt taken advantage of.
Stop trying to make it sound like he was exploiting his friends. There are costs and liabilities to owning a house. It’s not just free once you’ve paid it off.