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Rent on an apartment that you'd be very happy to rent is often cheaper than a mortgage on a house you'd want to buy! It's not unusual for people to accept diff
by tom_ 7y ago
Rent on an apartment that you'd be very happy to rent is often cheaper than a mortgage on a house you'd want to buy!
It's not unusual for people to accept different compromises when they're not necessarily going to have to live somewhere indefinitely.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoThere is also a tendency to "invest" in your house in a way you wouldn't bother with if you didn't own it. We just bought a new oven, if a landlord was paying for it I'm sure they would have spent half of what we did.