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A real job (media.scored.co)
posted 1 year ago by MLJFireDragon747 on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +74Score on mirror )
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akira2501 on scored.co
1 year ago 8 points (+0 / -0 / +8Score on mirror ) 1 child
> what value do private landlords provide to society.

They absorb risk.

> making money based off of speculation

You pay for insurance. Why is this different?

> no legal obligation to maintain anything

They have tons of legal obligations to maintain things.
Germany on scored.co
1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 2 children
>They absorb risk.

What does this even mean?

>You pay for insurance. Why is this different?

Not really the same thing and there's no viable alternative to this I'm aware of.

>They have tons of legal obligations to maintain things.

Literally every person who rents talks about their landlords not maintaining shit.

If we live in a National Socialist state, we should have socialised housing which is a policy that existed under Hitler, housing should be affordable, and you should get 25% off your mortgage per child that you have. Mortgages should for obvious reasons only be ran by the state.
PolandCanIntoSpace on scored.co
1 year ago 5 points (+0 / -0 / +5Score on mirror ) 1 child
Absorb risk
- There is PLENTY of risks that landlords have. The tenant might stop paying and it's damned near impossible to get them out. Tort law if someone trips on the property. Roof starts leaking they have to fix it lest there be further damage to the house. If they have a mortgage on the property mortgage rates might go up maybe even doubling their mortgage payment which forces them to raise rent and not be able to rent it out easily. The tenant might damage the property extensively and even if they win in court later many people are uncollectable - you can't get blood from a rock.

Insurance
- He means you are paying insurance to absorb risk for you. You buy a $100k car, and there is a risk you will crash it. You are speculating that there may be a situation where you damage the car and you are paying insurance speculatively to absord that risk for you.

Regarding landlords maintaining or not maintaining things - this really comes down to the country/state and the landlord. If I were to rent out a property I would maintain it, because i'd want the property value to stay up. WIth that said, tenants do tend to ruin properties and furniture.
Germany on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Well maybe only the state should have to accept that risk, you know because being a landlord is all about housing the working man who is too unfortunate to own his own property and totally not about profiting off the poor and from speculation.
PolandCanIntoSpace on scored.co
1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
Calm down there, Friedrich Engels.
Germany on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Hey faggot who can't argue for shit, I'm a solider for Hitler. Read Gottfried Feder.
Captain_Raamsley on scored.co
1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
Insurance is usury.
Germany on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
which is why it should only be provided by the state
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