It may sound creepy, but it's kinda genius too. If someone can't be bothered to keep their own car to a basic level of cleanliness then why would they be any different in a house that doesn't even belong to them?

OMG! This is F*&ked in so many ways I don't even know what is most offensive. The worst thing is out there is a landlord looking at this and thinking 'so true, so true".

So basically they will abide by the law. Sounds fair.

WTF? So you pay rent and then tip them 20% too. That sounds nuts.

Rent is $2500 a month for a 1 bdrm in a decent area. A mortgage on a $450k house at recent rates is $2300. So yes, you've priced rents too high.

An ESA dog and service dog are two completely different animals.

If a tenant can suddenly no longer pay. It can take 3-6 months to evict plus the cost of legal fees. So finding a tenant that can afford the full lease is just good businesz

So grateful for the UK's mandatory deposit scheme, gone are the days of landlords trying to claim it all back under the guise of repairs and cleaning that are completely fictitious.

Why is this supposed to be a bad thing to post? Can you think of any other business where one quarter of their customers are behind on payments and yet the Government is blocking any means of collecting the money owed?

This cartoon ... the tenant is a gross caricature, dark-skinned, hook-nosed, flabby and the landlord is portrayed as bandaid pink, blond, muscular, hung. The racism/antisemitism here isn't subtext.

Nobody forces landlords to rent their properties out.

Isn't this mainly a US thing? Most landlords I know either a straight yes or no on pets rather than charge extra

Isn't that kinda the exact point of a deposit? Or am I missing something?

Surely this is a good thing. Do you want to have your rent increased because your landlord is trying to recoup costs caused by tenants that have lied and cheated their way into one of their properties?

They do, but you also are entitled to decide who gets to live on your property and who doesn't.