This looks like hard work, but based on this article well done to the author for putting in the effort.
> Landlords won’t listen to tenants. In the same way that Republicans won’t seriously engage with Democrats and vice versa.
As presented, this interaction looks like a completely standard negotiation where both sides get something they want. It is a little unusual in that one side is being represented pro-bono by a neutral party, but stranger things happen.
So although I agree that landlords wouldn't listen to tenants in these circumstances, it'd be interesting to explore how much this is underselling this "Luke" fellow simply having good negotiation skills. If a landlord is presented with a choice of losing $1,000 or $3,000 and everyone is reasonably polite I suspect a vast majority would choose $1,000.
> Landlords won’t listen to tenants. In the same way that Republicans won’t seriously engage with Democrats and vice versa.
As presented, this interaction looks like a completely standard negotiation where both sides get something they want. It is a little unusual in that one side is being represented pro-bono by a neutral party, but stranger things happen.
So although I agree that landlords wouldn't listen to tenants in these circumstances, it'd be interesting to explore how much this is underselling this "Luke" fellow simply having good negotiation skills. If a landlord is presented with a choice of losing $1,000 or $3,000 and everyone is reasonably polite I suspect a vast majority would choose $1,000.