ALAT.

Bro, we need Glassdoor for renting...

References for renting? What sort of dystopia is that? I've never heard of that concept, luckily.

Wait, you only have to give a reference for a place to rent? Here in Ireland (Dublin) you need a scan of your passport, government id, work reference, housing reference, and at least bank statements from the last three months.

Some landlords will give good recommendations for shitty tenants, just so they can get rid of them.

Catch 22 for everyone trying to move out of their parent's home when they specifically state the references can't be family.

Life hack: lie, steal and manipulate. Or be a honest homeless person. It's definitely not going to bother me.

It is an asymmetric relationship. The landlord only cares if a tenant can be trusted to pay rent and not trash the place. On the other hand, the tenant is getting a service (shelter and upkeep) from the landlord.

Like other service providers, an aggregate rating is probably more appropriate. Some people are fine as long as they have a roof and indoor plumbing while others rate 1-star if the water takes a minute to warm up. Some tenants care about kitchen appliances while others care about an updated bathroom. Some like to be woken up by the first rays of sun while others want a dark room to sleep in. It is important for tenants to both get a good aggregate of a landlord's quality but also understand if the landlord's faults are ones that they care about.

Same with getting a job.

Oh no it’s worse than that. I have mandatory binding arbitration so I don’t really have rights. Mind you that’s after the application fees and paying for my own background check, commonly used to strong-arm you into accepting horrible terms.

It’s that or be homeless.

https://www.shitrentals.org/review/review-a-shit-rental

Check this out. Power to the people.

The gallows and guillotine have a nice easy solution for all that bullshit.

I think you're on to something...

True, but you can also ask for the number of the previous tenant?

How is this weird, whoever has the power in a transaction is able to make their demands. Goes for anything that involves an exchange. Labour, housing, goods. This isn't insightful.

ALL

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TASTY

Tenants have to? Where?

As a landlord... I would love this.