[erickf1]

Landlords have 100% risk. Look what happened to California, when the state said tenants did not have to pay rent. Same for Washington, NY, IL, etc... The vast majority of people with rental properties are just regular people trying to make a living.

[carlosjobim]

The majority are not regular people trying to make a living. They are old people trying and succeeding in getting rich by doing nothing.

[swagasaurus-rex]

My landlords have basically frozen rent since 2010. I pay half of what the people in the houses around me do. I'm very thankful to have landlords that aren't greedy.

[djbusby]

Where can we find stats on this? Lots of claims in this thread feel good but don't point to number-sources.

I do know a few retirees who rent-out the home they raised their family in and live in a new primary. But my town also has some developers who build and rent.

[oooyay]

These folks are not old, they're about my age.