[natebc]

wait ... There are landlords out there who will "spend on it"?

Mine took 3 weeks to replace a broken HVAC when it was 35 degress out. 5 days to fix a toilet that when flushed dumped sewage into my downstairs neighbors ceiling.

Maybe if you're treating yourself as a tenant but your run of the mill rent extracting (or worse, middle man) landlord is the cheapest creature on the land.

[bombcar]

There are, but they're often found in places where the rent pressure isn't so great (e.g., there are many options for renters). When demand is so high or prices are fixed, everything else goes out the window; because what are you going to do, move?

[harperlee]

Don't know about your landlord specifically, and I'm no landlord, but there's also a bunch of people (including homeowners) that will wait until summer starts to test and then complain about HVAC... just on peak season for HVAC maintenance, where the waiting times are long (and the price will probably be higher).

[apothegm]

Owner-occupiers in 2-6 unit buildings (who don’t have RE empires beyond that). The incentives are wildly different.

[rascul]

There are good landlords. Unfortunately many of them aren't and there's not really a good way to know before.