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Old 07-12-2021, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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As renters, we understand the arrangement with the landlords and their needs. And we do our best to be good tenants, always paying our bills on time, taking care of the house as if it were our own, and even doing some minor maintenance and repairing low-cost items with our own funds.

However, they can be real jerks. It's like pulling teeth on critical issues, such the refrigerator not maintaining food storage at safe temperatures. We aren't dogs who can eat rotten and spoiled food. And it is an appliance on their property. It's not like we are asking them fix something belonging to us.

People can say what they want, but I know we go above and beyond our role as renters, while they go below their role.

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Old 07-12-2021, 06:54 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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I think the dislike towards landlords is part of the general dislike towards people in authority.

How many people actually like their bosses or anybody else who manages them? Let's be honest.
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Old 07-12-2021, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Redwood City, CA
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I think the dislike towards landlords is part of the general dislike towards people in authority.

How many people actually like their bosses or anybody else who manages them? Let's be honest.
Oh, I have had managers I liked. Not the last one, though. Talk about spineless.

I haven't rented a house or apt in a very long time but I did rent commercial office space. The landlady was fair. No problems there.

I would be the ideal tenant if I needed to rent a place.
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Old 07-12-2021, 07:27 PM
 
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I often see on social media people hating on landlords and never really understood that. Nobody is stopping someone from buying a home. You either can't afford to buy, don't want to buy or are too lazy to buy, either way the landlord is providing you a home which you have to pay for.

It just seems like such a simple concept and I don't understand the hate. If you're unhappy with your specific landlord then move somewhere else.
Many people have experienced landlords who don't make needed repairs. That can be very frustrating.
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Old 07-12-2021, 07:33 PM
 
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Many people have experienced landlords who don't make needed repairs. That can be very frustrating.
I think most of it revolves around repairs. Things you would normally repair in your own house a landlord is likely to want to avoid or they want to repair it as cheaply as possible. I have had no issue with landlords myself though.
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Old 07-12-2021, 07:38 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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I think most of it revolves around repairs. Things you would normally repair in your own house a landlord is likely to want to avoid or they want to repair it as cheaply as possible. I have had no issue with landlords myself though.
My tenant wants me to replace the carpet in one of the rooms by doing flooring.

I told him that is fine because the carpet is worn out. But if the total cost for doing the flooring is more than carpeting then we have to go with carpet. There is no way I’m going to pay more than I have to.
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Old 07-12-2021, 07:41 PM
 
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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My tenant wants me to replace the carpet in one of the rooms by doing flooring.

I told him that is fine because the carpet is worn out, but if the flooring costs more than carpet then we have to go with carpet. There is no way I’m going to pay more than I have to.
Is this a tenant who has lived there for many years?

Would you consider allowing the tenant to pay the difference in order to get what they would like?
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Old 07-12-2021, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Kuna, ID
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All my tenants thought I was rich. Not quite.
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Old 07-12-2021, 08:38 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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Is this a tenant who has lived there for many years?

Would you consider allowing the tenant to pay the difference in order to get what they would like?
I am a freshly minted landlord. Never had a tenant before now.

I have no problem with doing that. However, I want to be careful not to encourage the tenants from making additional requests that are simply esthetic and have nothing to do with the functionality of the house.
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Old 07-13-2021, 06:01 AM
 
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I think most of it revolves around repairs. Things you would normally repair in your own house a landlord is likely to want to avoid or they want to repair it as cheaply as possible. I have had no issue with landlords myself though.
This, and construction. The last place I lived had nonstop construction for the majority of my lease. My patio was nailed shut. We had to pay for parking, which had also increased, but there was nowhere to park near the building because they had put all their construction supplies there. I think they had just raised my rent, so yeah, I was annoyed.
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