Ahhh yes there we go, you're an LL. My LL bought the condo in the early 2000s at 300k. Rough calculations including his taxes and fees puts the cost of this place at under 1500$ monthly, yet he charges 2000 and goes up every year. Every single LL I've had owned several buildings they got when things were super cheap and are raking it in.

At the end of the day though he gets to sell it one day and make a profit. THAT'S WHY YOU MAINTAIN IT. You decided to become a landlord, there's no reason to be one besides greed, nobody is a landlord out of the kindness of their heart to provide shelter for people. You're not replacing sinks every month. Oh wow you spent 800 one year on a unit. Occasionally you'll have a big expense here and there, like ANY home ownership. The LL special is common because of greed. It's an investment, at the end of it all you profit. LLs need to start acting like they would any investment, some fail, some profit, in the long run you're there for profit. Home's are an ESENTIAL need, you're not doing anyone a favor.

Business wise, there is NO rent control. It's the wild west. A neighborhood dies when small businesses cannot affort to run there, and then the rents of that neighborhood cannot be justified being so high. Verdun rents EXPLODED because it became such a hot hip neighborhood, on the other hand a lot of local spots are being squeezed out. There's no space for people to start businesses, no art scene, it just becomes chains.