Quote Originally Posted by Melalvai View Post
I did say only "typical" landlords are evil or stupid. I am always open to the possibility that there exists, in theory, a landlord who is not typical. Or that the earth is actually flat.

<snip> Why can't anyone appreciate that?
Many people can appreciate it. Just not the ones you are dealing with, apparently. It is too bad that, somehow, over the years you have been associated with so many bad landlords.

And, having been a renter for years upon years, as well as also being involved with property management, I can say that as a residential tenant, I have never had a landlord I would call evil or stupid. Not saying there aren't plenty out there or that I don't know of any, I just haven't personally had one. I'm sorry that you have. So, in my experience, the typical landlord is neither evil nor stupid.

I bristle at huge generalities and stereotypes of "typical" anything being tossed around on TE.