> This is completely irrelevant to anything. It's none of the business of the tenant how much the landlord is profiting
It certainly feels relevant when they start making excuses about why they have to charge you for things they cannot charge you for, claiming how expensive things are now. Operating costs have gone up for everyone, that doesn’t mean you get make things up to pass down the cost. But I do understand your point.
> Where I'm from the corporate landlords don't even charge deposits when you have good credit and income.
True, that has been my experience as well and I wasn’t explicit about that. The last couple of places we rented were from corporate ones and have had 0 issues compared to the mom and pop ones.
It certainly feels relevant when they start making excuses about why they have to charge you for things they cannot charge you for, claiming how expensive things are now. Operating costs have gone up for everyone, that doesn’t mean you get make things up to pass down the cost. But I do understand your point.
> Where I'm from the corporate landlords don't even charge deposits when you have good credit and income.
True, that has been my experience as well and I wasn’t explicit about that. The last couple of places we rented were from corporate ones and have had 0 issues compared to the mom and pop ones.