absentee landlord

American  

noun

1. a landlord who owns but is not resident in a property.

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absentee landlord British  

noun

1. a landlord who does not live in or near a property from which he draws an income

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Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

The S.E.C. acts “like an absentee landlord,” he said.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

Critics have described him as an absentee landlord, but he also became an accidental landlord.

From BBC

She had rented this three-bedroom stucco house in the East Bay city of Hayward for nearly a quarter century when, just over a decade ago, her absentee landlord, the state of California, finally gave up on plans to build the proposed 238 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times