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A comment on College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty Mansions. Parent comment

Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by bluntfang on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @07:33PM (#19678277)
Being a landlord is a choice. Discrimination based on age is a thing. If you don't like certain types of people, you can choose not to take advantage of people with literal rent-seeking behavior, then stop being a landlord and sell your property.
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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by jjeaff on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:22PM (#19678555)
Age is a protected class. But being a college student is not. I wouldn't rent to a college student/s regardless of their age.
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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by null000 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @12:15AM (#19679695)
That's kinda like saying "Age is a protected class. But being on a fixed income isn't"...
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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:17AM (#19681514)
You can filter out just about all motley groups of college students by refusing a cosigner. There are plenty of other trivial filters to choose from that succeed in court.
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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by stale2002 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:25PM (#19678570)
> then stop being a landlord and sell your property.

Or they could just do what they are doing now, which is completely legal.

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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by fbonetti on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:02AM (#19682627)
Hackernews needs a bot to correct people every time they incorrectly use the term "rent-seeking". Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with real estate. I see this term misused on a daily basis here.
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Re:College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty M... by adrusi on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @06:10PM (#19686907)
Rent-seeking doesn't refer to specifically real estate, but renting out a piece of property that you own is rent seeking, as you are using your existing wealth to acquire new wealth without creating any wealth.
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