In the same breath to my reply to you.....there should be tighter controls both on rent and maintenance for rentals by landlords...This is what the stock market is for....................................if you want your money to make money, you do it here.
This way if and when you loose, only YOU loose, not the innocent tenants who have no gain in the market.
I have no problem with capitalism when your creating a good or service to be sold in the market....................when this happens you are creating a product/service to be bought and sold and it's a net good for society as goods are being exchanged for money.
When money is being used to make money, there is NO net good for society outside the individual who gets the money. When you money is making money, you are simply pulling it from somewhere else and consolidating it in your own bank account to enjoy while those around you pay the price.
NOW, on the global stock market this is fine, you have trillions moving around everyday, your trades don't even make a ripple......................but in your own local housing market, your actions directly inflate the market and it continues to inflate to the point where you actually begin to push people OUT of the market who simply can't even afford to get into it now, where 15 years ago they could have.
And before you claim that landlords create housing and offer a housing service, sit down and listen...................While that may be technically true, if you weren't doing what your doing, many of those you provide the service for could own the house themselves. Making it cheaper in the long run for everyone without paying your increased costs, and BS while you hold them hostage for a bare necessity of life.
While I am mostly conservative, I do have a heart and know that Food, Water, and Shelter are NOT options in Canada, they are basic necessitates of life and should be protected from greedy capitalists like yourself. Now, grocery stores are a plenty these days so competition keeps them in check, Water is government controlled and in check.......................Housing is a bull market and the wild west, and people are dying because of it all while the select few line their pockets ever more.
Sorry, land lords will NEVER have my ear or sympathy...................................You want to maximize your profits for yourself, I hope you get the most rotten of tenants that make you fight for every penny of it. That way at least you can say you worked for it, as hard as landlords work I guess, pushing pens, cashing cheques and making phone calls.
Cameron
A standard should have been set and enforced so the term "slum lord" could never been brought to light. We have by law officers now.....their job description should have been updated to encompass this task and they should have been given more teeth to enforce these laws.
However, this still doesn't negate the content of my previous post....