What is Landlord?
A '''landlord''' is a kind of [[businessperson]] or [[company]] who owns [[building]]s or [[land]], and earns money by charging [[Renting|rent]] to people ([[tenant]]s) who want to use them. The word originated in the [[Middle Ages]] because a person who owned land then was also its [[lord]] who was in charge of the local [[government]]. Many natural persons who are landlords use [[mortgage|borrowed money]] to buy their [[real estate]] and depend on enough tenants paying their rent on time, more for the purpose of reducing the amount of money they owe on the property than to provide them with an income. [[Donald Trump]] is an example of a well known modern landlord. {{stub}} [[Category:Housing law]] [[Category:Business occupations]]