After landlord denies responsibility for a fire-damaged dryer and keeps the deposit, his tenant uses his own lease terms to sell the “ownerless” washer and dryer before moving out: ‘[He] refused to fix appliances, so I sold them’

This landlord had a simple theory of property ownership: the premium washer and gas dryer existed in the rental house, but they were not his appliances, not his responsibility, and definitely not his problem

Which means he's part of a divine group of landlords who have mastered the art of being a landlord only during the fun parts, meaning the monthly rent collection, the occasional inspection where they point at a plant and ask whether it belongs there, and the deep satisfaction of knowing somebody else is paying off their mortgage. And treat the rest of the "job", including repairs, basic upkeep, and returning deposits, like an unexpected project that nobody warned them about.