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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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