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getting paid to own a thing while someone else fixes the toilet's emotional stakes.
means the business of owning property and renting it out to tenants for income, ideally while doing the minimum required by law.
from from lord of the land, the feudal arrangement where you owed rent and labor to whoever held the deed; the job title outlasted the aristocracy by several centuries.
oldest profession rivalpredates currency itself, paid in grain and chickens
us statabout 10 million americans rent from individual landlords, not companies
3am ruleburst pipes always happen after business hours, universally
tax code favoritedepreciation lets you write off a house that's rising in value
for instance
monopoly game itself — 1903 anti-landlord board game backfired into a landlording simulator
nyc rent stabilization — covers roughly one million apartments since 1969
airbnb arbitrage — tenants illegally sublet as landlords via short term rental apps
corporate build-to-rent — invitation homes owns over 80,000 single family rentals in the us