They create housing supply by consuming the housing supply and skimming a profit in the middle.
Nothing unethical about that. Nope.
If the landlord doesn't increase rent like crazy and just follows the market or under the market is that better? Given that they try to do their best to complete requested repairs and everything to make tenants happy?
same thing as all other intermediaries, like datacenters buying up server hardware and renting it out.
If it really was the same as all other intermediaries, it would make you wonder why they'd be so scared of answering moral or philosophical questions about landlording that they had to make it into a rule and not just ignore them.
Luckily, we don't have to worry about that problem, as the answer is obvious.
What if you rented out rooms in a house with a datacenter in the basement?
one is a neccesity to live, the other quite optional
housing space in cities is very limited, server hardware is not, it's mass produced based on demand
profession?
In the same way that a tapeworms profession is helping you eat your food
Sitting on your ass and collecting a check is hard work, dammit!
No philosophical or ethical questions about the "profession".
They create housing supply by consuming the housing supply and skimming a profit in the middle.
Nothing unethical about that. Nope.
If the landlord doesn't increase rent like crazy and just follows the market or under the market is that better? Given that they try to do their best to complete requested repairs and everything to make tenants happy?
same thing as all other intermediaries, like datacenters buying up server hardware and renting it out.
If it really was the same as all other intermediaries, it would make you wonder why they'd be so scared of answering moral or philosophical questions about landlording that they had to make it into a rule and not just ignore them.
Luckily, we don't have to worry about that problem, as the answer is obvious.
What if you rented out rooms in a house with a datacenter in the basement?