Sucks that laws in ontario favour the deadbeats and it takes forever to evict people but it just means I'll need to be more diligent this time around

How about pushing for more public housing, exactly in the same way than healthcare ... ?
If not, well, it's easy: more taxes on non conventioned housing...

At least this is what we have here in France, being an owner is not THAT great believe me:
- Tenants have alot of personal problems, it's risky, except when you own arround 20+ homes so you can manage a balance. Really good with bank.
- The only thing we can hear here is "try in others countries where there's less tenants protection and taxes."

Beyond this: rent office buildings, much less problems

At best I'd wager he practices what he preaches as long as it doesn't cause him personal discomfort like every other idealist before him.

That's a pretty dumb criticism. When what you preach is reform of the system there's no way to practice it until the system is reformed.

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This post was edited by Thor123422 on Dec 21 2020 08:41pm

Landlording, to me, is a symptom of a much larger issue and therefore (in some ways) the hyper-focus on it as 'bad' is a bit unfair--or at least doesn't paint the full picture. The larger socioeconomic system exists at such a point that the thought of the average person being able to make their own house is untenable. The average person has neither the knowledge nor resources to be able to do this, and housing development is now reserved only for major financial entities such that the average person has to depend on them and it becomes a necessary evil. Landlording then becomes a massive cog in the capitalist wheel where average people are working 40+ hour weeks just to be able to afford their rent/ability to live which allows the landlord to exist by siphoning the compensation for the worker's labor without contributing much in exchange. Yes, they do contribute the physical space, amenities, and repairs, but those become questionable 'contributions' when there are no other realistically viable options for people to access.

This post was edited by Handcuffs on Dec 21 2020 08:55pm

Would only do this with tenets that have absolutely pristine records

There are some nightmare stories and a lot of stress potentially

I’m losing hair as it is

i only sublease Trump-Brand buildings and rooms

Isn't the bolded applicable to all basic necessities? Most people can't gather their own food or water and depend on other entities to provide it for them at a cost. For those that are completely helpless the government steps in with safety nets so that more productive members of society can subsidize the living costs of those that are less productive. Government subsidized housing already exists in this regard and I don't see why people who complain about landlords can't join one of these affordable housing initiatives.

Ottawa, Barrie and Waterloo all look attractive.

I have few moral issues although the tenancy board is often behind in each province and does require additional funding as our population continues to increase and as the gap widens between the wealthy and poor resulting in more renters and thus more rental related issues.

Improving society through gradual reforms and incremental changes is one thing.

Dismantling the existing system to replace it with the ideas of some wackjobs delusions of a perfect society is a whole different matter. Do you find this stuff convincing?