[enahs-sf]

Even still, landlords fear legal repercussions so much that they're willing to let a lot slide. When I moved out of my SF apartment, a plant I had had damaged the floor and my landlord was willing to eat the cost provided we moved out swiftly. Replacing the floors probably set him back a couple grand, but evicting tenants could be far more expensive.

[xenihn]

From what I've seen of SF rentals and landlords, that's potentially the most money he had spent on maintenance & renovations in a decade, while collecting some of the most profitable rent in the country.

[closeparen]

With a price to rent ratio of 53, San Francisco has the least profitable rent in the country.

https://smartasset.com/mortgage/price-to-rent-ratio-50-large...

[xenihn]

Yes, if you bought today. What's the point of your post?

[closeparen]

It makes intuitive sense for San Francisco to be "the most profitable rent in the country" as you claimed, but the surprising and counterintuitive truth is that it's the opposite.

[xenihn]

Are you claiming that landlords who purchased property in SF 15+ years ago aren't making extremely high profits off rent?

[klipt]

The point is they could make even more by selling and using the money to buy in places with higher rent/buy ratio.

They've made more money from appreciation than from rising rents.