They handle all the little stuff I dont want to right now and I pay them a fee. I acknowledge that there would be far fewer renters in a sound system, but that doesn't mean landlords are the problem. They are merely filling a void that would be there either way with broken money. There's also differences between what most people call "landlord." There is the father and son who own my apartment and come fix my sink, and there's BlackRock. This issue isn't as simple as you're making it, but I do agree there are problems with housing and our entire system.