mke_geek @ mke_geek @lemm.ee

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Being a landlord means being self-employed. There's no set 8-5 M-F schedule like there is when working in an office.

It could mean meeting a contractor at 7:30am on a weekday or it could mean working on the weekend. Or staying at a property until 11pm painting to get it ready for a tenant.

Well then it doesn't make sense because being a landlord has nothing to do with exploitation.

Not a scam in any way.

Another person who doesn't know what they're talking about who is anti-business.

I have a real job. It's called being a landlord.

Not a scam. Not taking advantage of people. You're just wrong on all accounts.

No it's absolutely not. Your comment displays a complete ignorance of the business.

At this point Lemmy seems to be reduced to people saying "capitalism bad" in meme form for upvotes.

This is so true. And of course it gets upvoted because of the hive mind on Lemmy that thinks anyone who owns a small business is somehow bad.

I'm new to Lemmy but it just feels more like Reddit in the sense that if you're not part of the "hive mind", then you're just told to "go away" instead of participating in actual discussion.

It's caused me to post less than when I initially joined. There's not as much activity on Lemmy than on the Reddit equivalent in the main "channel" I read. So I've found myself wandering back to Reddit but I don't post or comment much there either.

Cell phones don't have to cost that much. Google Voice numbers are free. You can still have a cell phone and not have a data plan.

This is absolutely horrible advice. Being financially broke doesn't mean having to be morally broke. Those who don't have much money don't have to become bad people.

17 is still between 1 and 100 even if it's closer to 1.

Wow, what a complete misunderstanding of what a centrist is.

Swearing at someone doesn't foster discussion.

There are people who can't save up for a down payment and therefore wouldn't be able to responsibly take care of a house even if they were given one.

There's people who don't want to own a house. A house comes with a bunch of costs and responsibility.

• Your furnace goes out in winter, bam, that can be an expensive service call or several thousands of dollars to replace.
• Your sewer line backs up because of tree roots on a Sunday or holiday and now it's several hundred dollars to get a drain company out there.
• Need a new roof? That's a $5,000+ expense all at once.

These are just a few examples. There's quite a number more. Some people like knowing that expenses like that are covered by someone else.

In the grocery store example, there's people who like growing their own food. For others, they'd rather someone else do that even if they're paying a markup to buy it from a grocery store, because they can get everything in one place.

With renting, you're paying for a place to live and store your stuff. That's a product. It's a physical thing you can touch.

With food, you use it for a while then it just goes down the toilet in the end. Does that mean you should stop eating?

That's like saying grocery stores are a "scam".

That's not true. I've sold real estate to a buyer without a realtor.

Disagree, so you're correct in that it's an unpopular opinion.