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

City officials even went to the trouble of serving an absentee landlord in Israel.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2021

Some absentee landlord still hasn’t removed a mattress dumped in front of a burned-out townhouse on Hebron Avenue.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020

In early July, a little more than a week after the inspection, tenants held a rally and press conference where several detailed their poor living conditions and what they said was an absentee landlord.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2018

Because of his lengthy absences - sometimes two or three months at a time - he is known by his critics as the "absentee landlord".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2012

For the old absentee landlord, who did not know what mischief was afoot, we have got the speculative builder, who does know, but does not care so long as he gets his pound of flesh.

From A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)