Becoming a landlord is a choice. And while capitalism requires some people to be landlords, being a landlord is somewhat evil. I don't know any good people who are landlords. I don't judge too harshly. And I don't cant to cause butthurt for people who protest and say, "but I'm really a KIND person!" I look at it like the "Circle of Life" song in The Lion King. Some of us are prey, and some of us are owners. That's the nature of capitalism! But the "mom and pop" label. Isn't that sweet? For me, it does nothing to soften the fact that landlords are evil. There are mom and pop gun shops. There are mom and pop chemical factories. And there are mom and pop money launderers and financial criminals. And many many more evil things are are "mom and pop."