Agreed. I don’t know why Carrick would say such a ridiculous thing. He seems to think there is some magical number called “rent” which the landlord charges, and then they pay for property taxes, insurance, and maintenance out of their own pocket because they are such nice people, and consequently all landlords lose money. Of course all these expenses are rolled up into the rent. About the only thing the renter is protected from are unexpected catastrophic expenses – but a smart landlord would take that into account and include some allowance in the rent to cover unexpected expenses over the life of the property.