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There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to rent vs own. Do what is best for you
What I will impart to people here though is always look where the message is coming from. Therein you glean some of the answer.
There is no sight or wrong answer when it comes to rent vs own. Do what is best for you
Putting money into your own ownership, versus putting money in for somebody else’s ownership, is a very straightforward scenario examination, to determine which one is better for you.
Yes and no. Ownership is valuable. But the flexibility to live and move with less responsibility is also valuable.
Yes and no. Ownership is valuable. But the flexibility to live and move with less responsibility is also valuable.
It’s not a matter of responsibility, you’re responsible for making a payment each month, either way, so that cancels out.
Your paying the same kinds of money out of pocket each month in either case. You might as well own what your emptying your wallet for when you’re done, than not. Wealth begets wealth, it snowballs.
You’re going to spend (usually a bit) more per month on mortgage payments than rent, so it’s not really “the same kinds of money”.
Is this true in the US? Its definitely not been true anywhere I’ve lived in Europe. A mortgage has always been cheaper for a larger property, it’s just gathering the initial deposit to buy that’s the hard bit.
Not true from my experience. When I bought my house rents for similar houses were about $1.2k/mo and my mortgage is ~700/mo (which after taxes and insurance came out to ~$800/mo) but the other $400/mo can be easily eaten by maintenance costs depending on the year.
But what I haven’t seen pointed out yet is that the mortgage will stay the same for 30 years, property taxes & insurnace won’t grow much, but rents will continue to climb. It’s been almost 3 years and houses similar to mine are now renting for $1500/mo or more but I now pay ~$900/mo for my house due a small tax increase last year that narrowly got passed (and was noted when it was proposed to be the first property tax increase in quite a few years)
That’s true, I didn’t really think about maintenence costs adding on. Ideally that stuff should add value back to the house so you don’t “lose” it like rent, but that all depends on the housing market forever rising to infinity.
A mortgage has always been cheaper for a larger property, it’s just gathering the initial deposit to buy that’s the hard bit.
What you commented is true in the US as well, unless you live in a very very poor neighborhood and rent.
It’s not just money. Ownership means taking care of the house, and dealing with the buying/selling process. Would you advocate that university students buy a house for three years then sell again?
A good rental means you’re paying the landlord to take care of things for you.
I agree in the long term, since we always need somewhere to live, that personal ownership is better; but if you’re moving a lot, or perhaps depending on your job situation, I think renting is a valuable service for many people.
Would you advocate that university students buy a house for three years then sell again?
Assuming a university student had enough income, yes, most definitely. But most people buy houses after college, as they are busy paying for/off college first.
But realize that monthly rent payment is going to be about the same price as a monthly mortgage payment.
I agree in the long term, since we always need somewhere to live, that personal ownership is better; but if you’re moving a lot, or perhaps depending on your job situation, I think renting is a valuable service for many people.
Well just realize that you’re losing money by taking advantage of that service, and then, yes, it is valuable service, but also a more costly service.
Is it more convenient for you to have food already cooked delivered to you? Yes, of course. Will it cost you more money, will you lose more money, than if you went to the grocery store, got the ingredients, brought it home, and cook the food yourself? Most definitely.
The point I’m making is don’t pay somebody else’s mortgage off, pay your own mortgage off.
A good rental means you’re paying the landlord to take care of things for you.
While strictly true, and I do not mean to be insulting, but that is a very financially dumb thing to say.
As I mentioned previously, you’re giving your money to the landlord so that he can earn more money for himself, versus getting your own property and earning money for yourself.
Make your money work for you, and not for someone else. You earned that money.
Is it more convenient for you to have food already cooked delivered to you?
I mean, that’s exactly my point. Services exist to cook and deliver food. Sometimes they’re desirable, sometimes they’re even economically profitable for the customer.
Housing is different from food, and more important/worthwhile to own. But housing-as-a-service is still, I think, a valuable option to have.
In my experience, financially it’s also a valuable option.
Make your money work for you, and not for someone else.
And yet, money is nothing in itself, unless you’re a true capitalist. You’re giving money to a landlord for him to provide you a service. You could instead invest that money in property and do the work of being your own landlord, and reap the benefits of that too.
And yet, money is nothing in itself, unless you’re a true capitalist.
I f’ing hate bots/people who waste my time with nonsense.
In understand your point. It costs money to buy, sell, and broker house/mortgage. People have to live in their houses (in a normal economy) for like 3-5 years before even making a break even point on home. Just bought my first house and we’re drowning in interest at the moment. Rents will fall faster when interes rates change than we will be able to refi. BUT it’ll be better for us in the long run.
It costs money to buy, sell, and broker house/mortgage.
Its true that you need to save up the initial down payment. But in the long run it’s smarter to do so, than renting.
People have to live in their houses (in a normal economy) for like 3-5 years before even making a break even point on home.
It’s definitely not a short-term investment, unless you really try to play the real estate market.
But I’m not speaking towards trying to turn a short-term profit, just not having a short/long-term loss.
Put it another way, whose mortgage would you want to pay off, yours, or someone else’s?
Finally, real estate prices continue to always go up, so even if you had to sell short-term where you’ve been paying mostly interest you could probably sell the property for more value to make up the difference.
Just bought my first house and we’re drowning in interest at the moment.
All home loans are mostly paying interest up front, it’s not into the later years of the loan when you start paying substantial principle payments.
A neat trick is to always make an extra small principal only payment with each month mortgage payment, and that can change a 30 year loan to an 18 year loan.
Just make sure the write in the memo field on your check “principal only payment”, or else the loan company will try to just take that extra money and put it on the interest only portion of the loan (they’re tricky that way).
Rents will fall faster when interes rates change
Historically rental costs have always gone up, and not down.
Did you mean the monthly mortgage payment amount on a home loan?
BUT it’ll be better for us in the long run.
Ownership truly is better.
This is all neglecting that after that 18-30 years, you don’t have that payment. Also, if you get a home that is much closer to your annual income, you can pay it off in a much shorter time. With the way properties are going right now that is almost a joke to say, but here I am, living on a dream. Also, having dealt with slumlord landleeches charging me $1k/month for a house that would have sold for $30k five years ago, I can honestly say that I never want to be subjected to a landlord again. Banks may be scummy, but they are heavily legislated scummy. Also, I would much rather be responsible for my house than some asshole. The house has mold, sparking outlets, the foundation is cracked in multiple locations, and huge cracks are forming in all of the walls as the house warps working towards collapse. And when I brought this all to the landlord’s attention they tried to illegally evict me and raised my rent by $125/month. We immediately started viewing new places. My wife is pregnant, and if that baby has a single birth defect I am suing these two into oblivion.
This is all neglecting that after that 18-30 years, you don’t have that payment.
I don’t understand this sentence?When you’re done with the loan and it’s paid off you don’t have to make any more payments, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to express?Edit: I understand now. It was implied in what I was saying, so not being ignored. I was assuming people would know that when a mortgage is done being paid off you no longer have to continue to make payments.
Also, if you get a home that is much closer to your annual income, you can pay it off in a much shorter time.
Oh totally agree. I was suggesting 30 because most people seem to only have enough money to make a down payment on a 30-year loan. If you can get a 15-year loan that’s much better.
I personally always got 15-year loans, because with those loans you end up paying the least amount of interest on. Thirty year loans are horrible, considering how much interest you have to pay versus principal, which is why I would suggesting you try to pay it off faster than the 30 years by paying a little bit extra every month with extra principal payments.
Grossly oversimplifying home ownership.
its kind of not. we own now. its great. everytime we pay our mortgage, which feels exactly the same as when we were paying rent, we are in essence saving that money as we get it back when we sell this place (which is all contigent on how much its worth when we sell etc).
when we were paying rent, we paid the landperson’s mortgage off month by month, making themmrew wealthy. upkeep is always a part of everything you own.
Spoken like someone who has never had a surprise maintenance issue pop up unexpectedly that costs multiple times your monthly mortgage.
True, you need to be able to afford to home while you’re living in it, but you make all of that up and more when you sell the property.
Also, your “costs multiple times your monthly mortgage” comment is a rare thing. Usually its just a couple of hundred dollars type of repair, and its a few times in a year.
It was a Lemmy comment. I don’t think you should expect a college course lecture on the subject.
Ultimately though, the comment stands. You’re either enabling somebody else to be more wealthy, or you’re enabling yourself to become more wealthy. The choice is yours.
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You’re either enabling somebody else to be more wealthy, or you’re enabling yourself to become more wealthy. The choice is yours.
I know you’re just stating an opinion, but that last sentence is downright insulting to me.
(I’m including above the whole statement and just bolding the part that you included when you did your reply.)
I meant no disrespect. I personally was a high school dropout from a broken home (and the emotional baggage that goes with that) but was still able to purchase a house, so I know it’s doable.
Having said that, I wasn’t judging you personally. I wasn’t even addressing you directly. I was just expressing a generic opinion about the pros and cons of purchasing versus renting to a wide audience. If that statement felt like an insult to you personally, then you need to look within.
I wish you well and happiness.
At least you get something in return for “paying rent” to the bank. Paying rent to a landlord is just paying someone elses mortgage, for no return whatsoever.
I hate to tell you this, bud, but one day, you’re going to die. You can’t take that house with you. Use your money to travel, and live.
Yeah! Once you’ve spent all your money traveling you can just sell your… oh wait.
And you’re still going to die. Live doing what you want to do, or on your knees in debt before the bank. Your choice.
More like:
Live on your knees past retirement age or take out an early 9mm retirement plan before you’re too old to work.
What’s that, Madame Guillotine? You’re hungry?
My mortgage in a HCOL area is around $1350 month (excluding anything else) for a ~350sqft studio. Rent for something similar in the same area I live starts at around $1500 on the cheap end.
The only way you’re saving money with buying vs renting is if you’re not paying a single cent on utilities in the place you are renting (which is highly unlikely around my area). If you’re paying for your own water, electric, internet, and whatnot, you’re basically paying the same whether you buy or rent.
Right but the difference is your rent goes up but your mortgage stays the same.
Yes, but I explicitly said mortgage only without including utilities, taxes, and insurance if you have to pay that separately from the mortgage. Those things can (and most likely will) change - albeit usually not to the degree that landlords love to pricegouge on rent.
Like, take my same place again as an example. I only pay like $1350 for a mortgage, sure, but I also pay ~$600 in utilities and maintenance fees. My monthly payment to live in a normal environment is short of $2000 a month. My fees will go up again an extra 2% starting next year, so I am paying more - not that much, sure, but it is more. If I was renting a place for $1500 and didn’t have to pay for utilities, even a 20% increase from $1500 to $1800 would still be absolutely cheaper than buying my studio. Renting becomes fucked when landlords go “yeah, pay $1500 a month and you also have to pay for your utilities. Also I’m increasing the rent next month by 20% lmao get fucked nerd”.
This is, of course, just looking at cost. That’s ignoring the fact you’re paying a mortgage to own something versus paying somebody else’s mortgage or just lining their pockets.
