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re: WSJ: There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Buy Instead of Rent (Housing Market board)

Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:03 pm to
Posted by EmmittLBrown
Member since Oct 2023
275 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:03 pm to
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We just temporarily hold our possessions until we die


Unless you rent. Then you don't even get that.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10891 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:06 pm to
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At first, its the much cheaper option then once they got you... BAM. You caught up in a trap where you are paying a lot more than you would be if you would have bought that house.


Usually, renting isn’t much cheaper, it’s just cheap enough to be a better deal, but expensive enough that it takes 10+ years to build the 20% down to escape.
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
14227 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:13 pm to
Renting is cheaper when you factor in all of the additional costs of home ownership. Repairs, yard work, all of the additions sq/ft you have to furnish, etc.

But you’re right…getting any significant down payment is tough and I’d be scared to death to be sitting in a house I over financed a couple of years ago. Just because you bought it doeant mean you actually OWN it.
Posted by EmmittLBrown
Member since Oct 2023
275 posts
Posted on 10/23/23 at 7:17 pm to
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Repairs, yard work, all of the additions sq/ft you have to furnish, etc.


It's cute that you think that renters dont pay for these things in some manner. They're just free right???
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