Am 2025-09-03 10:34, schrieb Steve Litt:
> Are you a landlord? How about this: Let me move into one of your
> apartments and instead of paying rent just pay my part of maintenance.

I'm not a landlord. Fortunately, I currently still have other and
cheaper options than buying or renting a house.
I may buy a house eventually, though (and I don't intend to take out a
loan to do so, I never do that).

That said, If I was to acquire a house, I don't intend to rent it out to
someone else. Isn't having a middle
man you need to pay just going to make you pay more overall in the long
run? And I'm told on the other end,
having to deal with tenant can, depending on the tenant, be more trouble
than it's worth a well.

Perhaps the very existence of landlords is a problem? What if everyone
could own only one house,
or one apartment with the containing house being owned equally by all
tenants, perhaps using something similar to a GmbH?

Assuming there'd be enough houses or apartments, shouldn't that be
cheaper than a landlord based model in the long run?
It probably would also be less restrictive on the tenants. They'd have
to deal with problems and fix stuff themselves more often,
but they could also more easily change stuff as needed.

I suppose actually owning a house would make people less flexible. This
wouldn't be an issue for me,
as I have good job security, and don't intend to move anywhere else,
though.
I suppose worker protections are important for such a model to be
feasible.

Regards,
Daniel Abrecht