Landlord automation does not merely assist wealthy investment businesses in owning an increasing number of the small homes in the U.S. at a time when rising home prices are discouraging more people from considering homeownership—it actually makes the entire paradigm viable. Here is how robot landlords are buying up the houses.
Consider a landlord. A representative of that class of people, not just a landlord. Depending on your experiences (and level of class hatred), you might envision a cheery elderly man who stops by occasionally with a wrench to tighten a pipe or you might envision the hulking modern equivalent of a feudal lord who steals your income through amassed wealth and property titles. Perhaps it is a company representative for a huge apartment complex.
Whatever the case, in order to perform the duties of a landlord, one had to do some work—or at the very least, have someone else do it—enough to show potential tenants around and manage maintenance. A landlord seek...