Counterintuitively, collecting rent is not considered "rent-seeking" by the econ definition, eg: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp

Collecting rent maps exactly to that definition.

	▲	verteu 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It does not, as explained in the section "Are Landlords Rent Seekers?" "Rent seeking" is more about making money by changing the rules instead of providing a service.