Nah. It has to have happened. Some fresh-faced :jordan-eboy-peterson: fan with an Elon Musk tramp stamp out there must have tried to do it in order to impress people.
I've rented at locations where I met the guy who was renting the property. Like, literally shook his hand to close the deal and got handed the key, then wired the money straight to his account. Then dialed him up and argued with him over this or that shit falling apart on the premise.
Management companies don't run everything. Plenty of indie landlords exist. They tend to be the most awful people to deal with, simply because they start out thinking they can just do all their own maintenance and then decide its cheaper to... not. Tipping them is simultaneously more sensible (because they're ostensibly also your handyman) and less sensible (because they're amateurs when they do the work which is rarely if ever) than tipping the on-staff plumber or electrician for a big corporately managed unit.
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I genuinely wonder how many landlords have been unironically "tipped" by terminally online dipshits.
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Nah. It has to have happened. Some fresh-faced :jordan-eboy-peterson: fan with an Elon Musk tramp stamp out there must have tried to do it in order to impress people.
How would anyone even "tip" a landlord? They don't come to the door and collect an envelope of cash like Mr. Roper any more.
Idfk, man. Slip them a fiver under the office door? Grease a palm? Hand'm a second check? I'm not here for the logistics of it.
No one with enough money and not enough class experience to tip a landlord knows who their landlord is or interacts with them.
I've rented at locations where I met the guy who was renting the property. Like, literally shook his hand to close the deal and got handed the key, then wired the money straight to his account. Then dialed him up and argued with him over this or that shit falling apart on the premise.
Management companies don't run everything. Plenty of indie landlords exist. They tend to be the most awful people to deal with, simply because they start out thinking they can just do all their own maintenance and then decide its cheaper to... not. Tipping them is simultaneously more sensible (because they're ostensibly also your handyman) and less sensible (because they're amateurs when they do the work which is rarely if ever) than tipping the on-staff plumber or electrician for a big corporately managed unit.
If there is a lease involved then they're going to stick to the terms for fear of being sued for breach of contract (I would think).
I've never met a landlord too fearful to take more of my money given half a chance.
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I know here people offer more rent than the asking price because the rental market is so tight.