absentee landlord
noun
: someone who owns and rents property but does not live on or near the property and rarely visits it
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Federal tax rules ban REITs from running health care facilities, but CareTrust was not an absentee landlord either, according to internal records filed in the case.
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Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Federal tax rules ban REITs from running health care facilities, but CareTrust was not an absentee landlord either, according to internal records filed in the case.
—Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
Our narcissistic, absentee landlord governor ignores the basics, while chasing national headlines to feed his never-ending appetite for attention.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 3 Feb. 2026
The 48,000-square-foot triangular lot at South Alameda and East 14th streets, where the fire tore through, had been leased by an absentee landlord, who subleased parcels of the property to others and failed to pay Caltrans rent for more than a year, according to the state.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
The idea of evictions and lack of access to housing is particularly resonant, Mr. Doyle said, because of Ireland’s centuries under British rule, during which the callous absentee landlord became a byword for oppression.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
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Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Federal tax rules ban REITs from running health care facilities, but CareTrust was not an absentee landlord either, according to internal records filed in the case.
—Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
Our narcissistic, absentee landlord governor ignores the basics, while chasing national headlines to feed his never-ending appetite for attention.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 3 Feb. 2026
The 48,000-square-foot triangular lot at South Alameda and East 14th streets, where the fire tore through, had been leased by an absentee landlord, who subleased parcels of the property to others and failed to pay Caltrans rent for more than a year, according to the state.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
The idea of evictions and lack of access to housing is particularly resonant, Mr. Doyle said, because of Ireland’s centuries under British rule, during which the callous absentee landlord became a byword for oppression.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Absentee landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee%20landlord. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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