Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

im surprised people on this board would think this. in a business where its hard to prove your actual income because everyone wants to pay the least amount of taxes possible, it can be hard to get a mortgage unless you have a lot of money saved up. i've rented for over 10 years now. At first it was mostly because I knew if i bought, i wouldn't be able to get out of town as easily and i didn't want to get stuck there. now banks are up everyone's ass and its way harder to get a mortgage then it was a few years ago.