alt Hacker News>and skimping more on maintenance/landscaping
I.e the kind of stuff everyone wants to do but can't justify flying so close to the sun on because they don't have a legal army say "we are in compliance and here's why" on their behalf when the municipal government comes looking for fine money or the slip and fall lawyer tries to make something their fault.
In "reasonable" (note for the bottom feeders, I did not say "free", I said "reasonable") markets the big guy has to do things to higher standards because his big pot of money will attract vultures looking for a quick buck if he does even slightly wrong.
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I remember there was once a guy who just went around fixing potholes with no official authorization or anything (he did it properly), and I think he got arrested but then released with a warning.
It's usually the opposite. In a lot of rental markets the small time landlords do even less than the minimum in terms of maintenance and upkeep, whereas the big corporate landlords at least have some basic level of organizational competence. Most local governments don't have the resources to do much enforcement so only the most serious violations are ever punished.