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"if the tenants are not paying rent there’s no income"

awwwwww, those poor landlord aren't getting their free money just for having a piece of paper that says they own that land despite never stepping foot on it :( so sad for them, they might actually have to work to earn some money, how terrible

"If the tenant doesn’t pay, the bank doesn’t get paid, and the bank comes after the landlord."

isn't this one of those "big risks" that capitalists say is the reason billionaires deserve to keep all their money? so the landlords are experiencing the risks of their investments, and instead of letting them feel the brunt of it, you'd like to protect them? so why do they deserve high rewards if the high risks aren't actually risky?

"Also, remember that families depend on this rental income to live. If tenants aren’t paying their rent, the landlord is basically out of work as well and can’t pay their bills."

poor landlords can't steal a working family's money to pay their own rent, so sad, maybe the landlord should get another job or should have saved more before for a rainy day or should buy less avocado toast

gotta say, don't feel too bad for them

"I don’t understand what’s so slummy about landlords paying down mortgages."

because SOMEONE ELSE is paying for their house ON TOP OF paying for the upkeep of their other property. that's fricking shitty as hell, the landlord isn't paying for anything in that instance, they're literally just a middleman

"Most of us don’t have a couple hundred grand laying around to invest in a house. The mortgage allows a small investment each month, so that one day (e.g. retirement) it produces cash flow."

Landlords getting to retire off the salary of working class families with even less money is fricking sick. just guarantee pensions for everyone instead of forcing us to leech off each other like parasites.

Whoever the user thatoneguy54 is, is a complete moron. I can't believe people actually think this shite. Thankfully someone responded to him calling him out, but it's really hard to believe that people can believe things like this.