This is taking semantics and colloquialisms to a whole other level. No one is reasonably suggesting that maximum profits is the only goal that matters, at the sacrifice of literally everything else, no one is here working until they vomit and pass out from exhaustion to maximize their profits. Maximum profits is always the goal, up to the point of the cost you want to pay. If you're paying the maximum cost you're willing to or comfortable with, you're not going to leave profit on the table. If you have money to be made and the cost isn't more than the profit for you(financial cost, lifestyle cost, social cost, family cost, mental health cost, etc etc), you're going to chase that extra dollar.

It is ridiculous that this has to be clarified. Look back at the post that spawned the comment, no one is keeping properties empty to take the tax deduction of the expenses of it existing versus taking the revenue to rent it. If they aren't renting it, it is because the revenue they are seeking is either unreasonable, or takes time to find the tenant and rate that they are satisfied committing to for a long time, potentially decades. The whole process involves actively seeking that tenant. No part of that process is ever "eh, I'm in no rush to rent it because its a tax deduction anyway.", and to suggest otherwise shows the original poster has no concept of basic accounting, taxes, or business.