It is quite amazing to see list participants claim as some do that landlords experience unusual risk. Heck, they are in one of the safest businesses on earth. Their main risk is not getting paid, and they cushion themselves from that by requiring first and last month's rent. Even the utility companies don't do that. Plus, they own an asset that never goes to zero like so do. Look at what happened to employees of Moline and Enron and you see REAL risk. I guess anytime a landlord wants to trade the illusion of risk in owning land for the real risk of hiring out time and skills, they are welcome to do so, but the people who buy their real property will be shaking their heads (which smugly enjoying the chance to make money off the seller's fallacious notions).
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