Hi Chapos throwaway for obvious reasons.
I’ve managed to buy an apartment, two bedrooms. I live in it, but I rent the other room out. Is it unethical for me to hide that I’m the owner?
I don’t really lie-lie, like if I’m asked straight up I’ll answer, but I’ll avoid it if possible.
It’s mostly because it creates an odd power dynamic and I’d rather have a flatmate than a tenant if that makes sense.
Reason I bought is I don’t want to deal with landlords, obviously.
Do I get the wall?
I feel like I accidentally fell asleep and now I’m just in some kind of dream where all of hexbear forgot why being a landlord is bad.
I feel like ultimately a lot of it boils down to experiences like what CocteauChameleons said below:
rooms for rent have been the only way I’ve survived on my own other than sleeping in my car
It’s sorta hard to look at a situation that is, yes, exploitative, but less so than almost any other option available to most people, and say “nope you should just eat the cost and fill the bedroom with storage or a guest bed” and make sure that option isn’t available to anyone.
But honestly the urge to hide it is very sus no matter how you slice it, and OP could have presumably like, bought a smaller unit he could actually afford solo, or could find a long term roommate and either literally make them part-owner of the property, or cut the rent back to just half of non-mortgage expenses or something so he wouldn’t be exploiting them
