[terminous]

Except that almost every landlord I've ever had has treated me like second-class citizen or a child, constantly invaded my privacy, and skimped on all the costs that you're supposed to be saving. No guests at any time. No candles. Inspections for "safety" every 1-2 weeks, often with no notice because of a contrived emergency. Wouldn't fix the freezer part of the refrigerator because the lease only said it has a refrigerator, not a fridge+freezer. Going off on long political and cultural rants against my generation and political party every time we interact. Cameras pointed at my front door 24/7, with detailed tracking of my overnight guests (for a lease that would only allow 2 weeks of overnight guests a year).

If you don't own your home, you don't own your life.

[daveguy]

You have had some weird ass f'd up landlords. I had 5 before buying and none were remotely that shitty.

Sounds like a civil suit for invasion of privacy to me (at least in the US). And if I just got lucky, then stronger renters laws are needed.

[selimthegrim]

This sounds about average for New Orleans although the one tracking my overnight guests was in California