Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent

Re:Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent by AjithAntony on Monday October 24, 2016 @07:45PM (#12783930)

> If the paint in my personal home starts peeling, my incentive to fix it is higher - I don't want to walk down the hall and see peeling paint.

> If the paint in a corporate-owned tenement starts leaking

LOL. It's the opposite effect. If I own the place, and The paint is peeling, and I have to fix it... then maybe I'll just live with it until it gets worse, or I plan to sell. If it was a rental, then I complain to the landlord to fix.

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Re:Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent by alistairSH on Monday October 24, 2016 @08:26PM (#12784152)

Are you married? Own a house? ;)

What incentive does the landlord have to fix minor problems? It costs you more to move/sue than it costs him to sit on the problem.

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Re:Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent by AjithAntony on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @12:40PM (#12797997)

Yeah, not married, so there is not that particular stakeholder motivating cosmetic repairs.

As a landlord I want my current and future tenants to respect the valuable asset I have entrusted to them and maintain a good relationship. Fixing the little things is important in a "broken windows theory" way.

"the cobbler's children have no shoes"

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