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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lazy moochersEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That’s not a different discussion, though.

    bullshit. me pointing out that renting is acceptable in certain situations and price gouging renters are not the same. they’re related, but are different debates.

    If tools were collectively owned, for instance, they could be kept in a community tool locker/garage that the whole community would own and be able to borrow whenever needed. “Rent” would be replaced by a small fee paid into the community to maintain the tools, not some profit seeking parasitism from a renter looking to exploit people’s need for tools.

    there is nothing wrong with this either. my point was i have zero reason to ever own an auger. i’d rent it, use it, then return. i don’t want to store that shit or maintain it. i live in a condo with limited storage space for that, not to mention i’d probably use it once a decade.

    Renting isn’t the problem. Renters are.

    wut?

  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lazy moochersEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    But if I do rent it out, I’m a shitty scumlord? I’m a better person if I don’t rent it?

    this is my issue too. clearly the collective “landlord” that people are talking about are people that hoard homes and rent them out as an income. thats a bit much. but someone who just rents a single property, maybe in the city nearby where they used to live before they moved to a quieter area, i don’t see as an issue. a condo in a city could be a great place for a person to rent while they decide if that city is for them, or until their career takes them elsewhere. i don’t see renting as a problem

    the problem in my opinion is these properties being bought up by corporations who follow no real set of laws and gouge renters in shitty apartments, coorborate with other apt buildings and price fix the area. that is a problem to me. renting from an older person or family who very possibly lived in the home you’re going to rent, so fucking what. do it or don’t, but don’t lump them in with corporation owned apt complexes and actual slumlords.

  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lazy moochersEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    I posted elsewhere in this thread, some people want to rent. There is a market for legit renters without ripping them off. If it costs $2800 for my mortgage/hoa/utilities and I only charge $2800, I don’t see an issue. Any issues are coming out of my pocket at that price.

    I don’t even know if I want to rent to someone, that’s a whole other set of headaches. I’d probably offer it to my kid, then move on. It’s not an income to me, but property is hard to come by, I would have to think about it. I’ve already paid into it, banks got their share, I went through a lot of trouble to get it, so it’s not like giving away tickets to a concert I couldn’t make.

    Also I wouldn’t be “siphoning” anything, I’m renting what I own, just like toro car rentals. No one is making them do it. But my location is very great, near public transit, near two very recently built town centers, trails, lakes, etc. it’s not like they’re paying for a tent. Can move here for a year or so and find out it’s exactly what they want or what they hate.

  • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Lazy moochersEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    I don’t think I could rip off anyone if I decided to rent my place when I move. Hoping to keep it for my kid, but I’d basically charge the bare minimum, would even show the tenant what I pay as the owner so they’d understand. I wouldn’t use it as a profit source, but because land is scarce and I just happen to have spent years owning this.

    But even then it may not be worth, sell it to a new owner and move on. I’m not greedy by any means, just want to be comfortable.