Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "How Scammy Airbnb Empires Became The New American Dream" video.

@clarie0021 @clarie0021 I don't really have a problem with responsible and considerate Airbnb hosts & sounds like you are. Just like with traditional long-term standard apartment landlords, it's usually not the small single landlord that's the problem, it's large-scale corporate real estate holders, like the company I'm renting my apartment from right now that causes all the problems. Alternatively, sometimes the problem is with individual landlords who behave as slumlords. It's true that responsible considerate landlords do put in a lot of work and that should be recognized. As for the rent, when it comes to short-term rentals I really don't mind how much is charged because each person is usually there for pleasure & they wouldn't choose it if they can't afford it. For single or small-scale landlords who hold regular apartments, that's where I get a little bit more opinionated and I feel we need some real rent control in this area, however I don't want it to be thought that I believe the landlord shouldn't be able to make a profit because obviously this is a business and not a charity and they have the right make something at the end of the month to make it worth their while. So I understand that.
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@katarh @katarh HOAs are amoral and criminal for so many reasons and I can't believe they're "legal" as they are the definition of organized crime to me, again for several reasons I can explain later if necessary, altho to me it's beyond self-evident fascism, soft slavery and criminal racketeering & extortion plus (what should be) illegal coercion, but I'm glad your group is at least doing that. I want to see limits like that throughout the real estate sector. Mass landlordism should be illegal imo. We can debate where the cutoff should be but that is my position.
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Yeah sometimes it does help, that's true.
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