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Thread: Owning > Renting your home. Changed my mind.

post 1559225791 08-20-2018, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted By Murph0408⏩
i never saw the appeal in choosing to rent when you can actually afford to own. my mortgage plus taxes plus heat/AC is still less than rent would be in the area i live. throw in the fact that i have a large dog and my rent would be 2k per month easily for a crappy place
The arguments for renting are:
-ease of moving
-maintenance included
-no lawn to mow
-cheaper access to good locations


That being said, I think the benefits of owning outweigh those of renting
And relief washes over me in an awesome wave
post 1559274601 08-20-2018, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted By Xinroth⏩
To give you an idea of price changes 10 miles North of Atlanta:

In 2010 I moved to the US, my family was living in a 2 b/bath apartment $775 excluding utilities. Ijustlooked at the same apartment complex.. the same exact apartment is going for $1420... excluding utilitiesholy ****

1000 sq ft Apartment i was living in 3 years ago west of Atlanta was $725/month.. I just looked it up, it's being rented for $1100 now. 3 ****ing years it is 1.5x the rent.
What sucks about apartments especially in the ATL area is that unless you overpay, you end up in the section 8 zone. They may not be section 8, but you have people who are getting assistance and they are almost as bad as the section 8 people. So, you have to pay an too much so you can get away from that, and by this point, you might as well just buy.

My girl and I got an apartment in Villa Rica, GA and when we first moved in it was a nice place, rent was in the mid 600's. We moved when it got over 800. Just looked it up, $1,026/mo for a 2br.
post 1559276491 08-20-2018, 08:14 PM
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Strong non home owning cope in this thread.

"it's cheaper"
"no upkeep"

cope allllll around.
post 1559276971 08-20-2018, 08:21 PM
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i would only own if i lived right on the beach and that's never happening.
BIDEN 2020
post 1559277151 08-20-2018, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted By mudrock⏩
i would only own if i lived right on the beach and that's never happening.
I lived in key largo Florida for 17 years, my dad had a beach home. $$$$ millions. apartments are a million dollars there.
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post 1559277331 08-20-2018, 08:28 PM
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Brb 5 bed split level 2000sqft newly remodeled house with a banging yard 10 mins from downtown Atlanta, Mortgage with utilities is $1,200 a month.

Equity is sitting at $90k


Just lmao @ renting
post 1559278111 08-20-2018, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted By Frank
is paying rent a good investment? Is buying gas, or groceries a good investment?
Renting is cheaper than owning and you will get far more wealthy investing the difference than you will sitting stuck in one place for the next 10+ years paying interest to the banks who are gifted money out of thin air lol. Now if you're buying and having someone pay the mortgage that is a different story. And just lol at comparing housing/shelter costs to food or gas
post 1559279581 08-20-2018, 09:06 PM
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Just lol @ being a slave to your mortgage
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