# this is just horrible \[tenant evicted after landlord loses property in foreclosure\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-horrible-tenant-evicted-after-landlord-loses-property-in-foreclosure/490664>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 24, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-horrible-tenant-evicted-after-landlord-loses-property-in-foreclosure/490664 "2009-03-24T23:55:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-horrible-tenant-evicted-after-landlord-loses-property-in-foreclosure/490664/121 "2009-03-31T02:55:55Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> This conversation with you has been as productive as every other one (which is to say “not very”).

And yet you continue to converse! :smack:

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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-horrible-tenant-evicted-after-landlord-loses-property-in-foreclosure/490664/122 "2009-03-31T03:02:25Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> So you are basing your feelings about landlords v. tenants in the abstract based on your hypothetical scenario of a market with one available rental property? That doesnt’ see like a good idea.

People who are renting have to make a deal with someone, absolutely, positively, by the time their current lease expires. Landlords are not under that type of time restriction.

Landlords, especially the big corporate landlords, are also renting professionals. They have experience in the rental market that renters cannot possibly hope to have. You’ve rented for 6 years, that means you’ve negotiated rent 6 times in your life, max. Landlords who have multiple properties rent many times more than that, and have resources to tap into, like doing credit checks, that the vast majority of renters do not have.

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