I think we all rent for a little while, unless you're wealthy from the get-go. I rented when I first moved out (Left home when I was 15) - and eventually bought into a condo unit, eventually sold and now own true real estate.
Originally posted by bringer if your goal is to own rent cheap
im lucky, my area is either rent a house for 1k or buy and pay $700/month to the bank
get a roommate or something
Originally posted by bringer yeah, one hell of a deal
170k house for 110k when rates were low
to bad i live in a shithole area with nothing to do for miles
I started off renting. i would recommend though that you buy a house as soon as you are able to. There are many incentives out there for first time home buyers and like it was mentioned before, getting a roommate or two is a good idea. With a couple of roommates they could actually make things much cheaper than renting and allow you some extra funds to make home improvements
I rented for a number of years before buying a home. The rule of thumb I heard is if you're going to stay in a place less than five years, you're probably better off renting. (Of course if there's unusual price increases in property that's different). There's a lot of overhead in the purchase of a house. If you were to buy a house today, and sell it tomorrow for the same price, you'd typically lose a lot in the process, with realtor fees, inspection fees, mortgage fees, attorney fees and what not.
I wouldn't view rent as throwing money away...you have use of your money that you didn't put into a house, and investing that is worth something...say you put $100,000 in stocks instead of a house and made $8000 a year off it, that money could cover your rent. Of course owning is nice for a lot of reasons too, but whether you own or rent, either way costs money. You'd be paying home insurance, mortage interest, and property taxes with home ownership.
I'd suggest you just don't rent the max you can afford, rent what you need and save up for home ownership when the time is right.
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Originally posted by clickhappy I hate paying rent, it feels liek throwing money away. But i dont have enough to buy a place.
Is it dumb to rent, or does everyone do it?
Started off renting, now I own. Most start out this way because you just don't have enough for that downpayment.
Renting really is throwing away money. You basically pay the same for a mortgage but with the mortgage the more you pay the more you own. The rent money you never see again. For mortgage payments, you have something in the end to show such as your own house.
Originally posted by clickhappy I hate paying rent, it feels liek throwing money away. But i dont have enough to buy a place.
Is it dumb to rent, or does everyone do it?
bought a townhome when i was 18, filled it up with 4 idiot friends whose rent incomes covered the mortgage, utilities and taxes, all i had to pay for out of pocket was association fees @ 130/mnth, i miss those days.
fuck rent, total waste of money.. start off in a 10k trailer if you have to. save, sell 10k trailer, buy 20k trailer, save, sell 20k trailer, buy 40k trailer, save, sell 40k, buy a piece of shit modular, and so on and so on....
Originally posted by arg I rented for a number of years before buying a home. The rule of thumb I heard is if you're going to stay in a place less than five years, you're probably better off renting. (Of course if there's unusual price increases in property that's different). There's a lot of overhead in the purchase of a house. If you were to buy a house today, and sell it tomorrow for the same price, you'd typically lose a lot in the process, with realtor fees, inspection fees, mortgage fees, attorney fees and what not.
I wouldn't view rent as throwing money away...you have use of your money that you didn't put into a house, and investing that is worth something...say you put $100,000 in stocks instead of a house and made $8000 a year off it, that money could cover your rent. Of course owning is nice for a lot of reasons too, but whether you own or rent, either way costs money. You'd be paying home insurance, mortage interest, and property taxes with home ownership.
I'd suggest you just don't rent the max you can afford, rent what you need and save up for home ownership when the time is right.
You probably prefer spending money on domains than real estate anyway
Originally posted by polish_aristocrat You probably prefer spending money on domains than real estate anyway
Heh, house first . If domain values & income went to zero, I'd be seriously bummed, but I'd still have a roof over my head! I buy domains, but treat them as high risk investments, and balance them with conservative investments, including real estate.
Originally posted by egonetworks I think we all rent for a little while, unless you're wealthy from the get-go. I rented when I first moved out (Left home when I was 15) - and eventually bought into a condo unit, eventually sold and now own true real estate.
Originally posted by clickhappy I hate paying rent, it feels liek throwing money away. But i dont have enough to buy a place.
Is it dumb to rent, or does everyone do it?
Getting your own is always better ... but you need capital to do it . I've started renting ... now I got my place . But I already feal like moving . I'm in a condo block and I don't like the people arround
Originally posted by rayadp05
I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?
Retirment is expected by the time I am 38 and I am 34 now.
I started in 96 and could retire now if I wanted, but there are some interesting times ahead in the next 4 years.
When I am done I will have properties in Mexico and Panama and I hope to be ready to forget all of this shit.
I have the Ace, and always had it...
When I play it the cards will be down...
Then I am gone.
Originally posted by Evil1 fuck rent, total waste of money.. start off in a 10k trailer if you have to. save, sell 10k trailer, buy 20k trailer, save, sell 20k trailer, buy 40k trailer, save, sell 40k, buy a piece of shit modular, and so on and so on....
Hmm. Not looking like a good path for those in Florida right now.
Getting something down here new enough to not bite the dust in the next hurricane isn't cheap.
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