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seahorse [Ohio]MA to The OnionEnglish · 2 years ago

Landlord Forced To Raise Rent Due To Thinking Of Bigger Number

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Landlord Forced To Raise Rent Due To Thinking Of Bigger Number

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seahorse [Ohio]MA to The OnionEnglish · 2 years ago
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BOSTON—Apologizing to his tenant for circumstances that were beyond his control, local landlord Eddie Turley was reportedly forced Monday to raise the rent due to thinking of a bigger number. “You can re-sign your lease, but I have to raise it by $250 a month because I realized there was a bigger number your rent…
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  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    In Seattle, the landlord management services not only thought of a bigger number, but they all coordinated and thought of a bigger number together. Now that’s community.

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      Fun fact, that’s probably due to all the landlords using realpage to “maximize return on investment”

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        Fun fact, the previous venture of the founder includes doing the same for airline tickets, until the FTC shut it down due to it being illegal collusion.

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          I genuinely didn’t know that, is there an article about the scumbag I can read?

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            https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/rent-going-up-one-companys-algorithm-could-be-why/2/

            I remember hearing about it on a podcast, but this article has a blurb about it.

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      I’m pretty sure that’s called a cartel, and not even the cool kind

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      funny, i just talked to the people in my neighbourhood and we realized we can only count to 100

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    Unfortunately, the Onion dropped the ball on this one. This is Boston and the landlord could only think of $2,850? The landlord needs to ask his neighbor for ideas. Also, not asking for the tenant to pay a realtor fee (very typical Bostonian)?

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    Big number better than small number

  • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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    Are you sure this shouldn’t be posted in “nottheonion”?

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