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Re:The welfare effects of eviction policies by hash872 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:35PM (#29086999)
You're advising that a non-attorney can represent themselves against a professional attorney and somehow win. What are the odds that an amateur that's never done a job can defeat a professional who does it full time?

The other issue is that you can't 'win' in court against someone with no assets. If they owe you thousands, haven't paid rent for months, severely damaged the apartment.... they don't have any assets to seize. And a judge, especially in a blue state, is not to authorize anything harsh. They can essentially not pay rent or badly damage your place with zero consequences

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Re:The welfare effects of eviction policies by HWR_14 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:57PM (#29087247)
His point was that the professional worked in a different specialty and also doesn't care about the work being performed. Take the average web programmer and tell him to program something in Roblox vs. an enthusiastic teen and see who produces what.
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