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You'd be stupid to do that, even if you were genuinely trying to be charitable about renting. You'd want some profit for repairs and sudden issues.
Revenue for repairs and sudden issue is still breaking even, the point of profit for landlords is to well generate profit on the bottom line.
You'll have to have some profit if you want money to pay for the repairs and sudden issues without it being from your pocket.
Did... You read their comment?
I did. Where would the money for the sudden issues come from if you didn't make a profit from the outset?
Landlords, when they're organized, put some of the rent money aside for repairs, and don't touch it until those repairs are needed. Profit, is the money they make on top of that.
Their rent prices are large enough, to both cover the entirety of the repairs, and make sure that there is even more money left over in the end, for profit.
"Sudden" repairs are neither unpredictable, nor chaotic. Houses, appliances, everything, can only last so long, and it's easy to know how long the AC unit and the roof insulation is going to last, the estimates are right there when you buy the things.
And what happens if there aren't repairs?
You built your property in a magical candy land where things last forever.
I mean is it any less magical than being able to perfectly predict how much you'll use in repairs, even sudden and unexpected ones?
Just silly, profit doesn't have to be such a scary word.