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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by gpderetta on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @06:42PM (#30849279)
You can make the exact symmetrical argument if tenants are not allowed to pick landlords (which is what happen in practice). Well, except about rent increase that happens anyways.
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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by gizmo686 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @09:31PM (#30850541)
What market are you in where tenents can't pick landlords? With mom and pop landlords, it can be a crapshoot. But I have rented from coorporate landlords twice. Each time, I was able to research them, and I avoided several with bad reputations. I've never had problems with the landlords I did rent from.
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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by ericd on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @01:14AM (#30851711)
Sounds like there should be some symmetrical landlord screening tools.
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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by kazinator on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:23PM (#30849617)
Tenants cannot pick an arbitrary landlord L for a given, fixed rental unit U. They can pick a different rental unit with a different L.
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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:57PM (#30849892)
Tenants pick what they can afford. Landlords charge what the market can bear.

The entirely predictable result is some very rich landlords and some very homeless people.

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Re:Shadow credit score could decide whether you get an apart... by kazinator on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:32AM (#30864124)
In reality, stuff also happens such as: landlords working several jobs to cover the bills, unable to get rid of nonpaying tenants.
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