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Okay, so why were you asking if renting can be more expensive than buying? You seem to already know that it can be.
by TimorousBestie 7mo ago
Okay, so why were you asking if renting can be more expensive than buying? You seem to already know that it can be.
- triceratops 7mo agoI said they were inventing fantasy scenarios. The actual numbers might be more like rent $1400 vs mortgage $1000. After property taxes, insurance, and maintenance there might be $50 left. A handsome 3.5% profit, rising to maybe 6-7% if you include principal paydown. This is hardly a money-printing machine. It's a steady return for taking on some risk.
- TimorousBestie 7mo agoAh, I see, you wanted to split hairs on the numbers. Fair enough.
- triceratops 7mo agoIt isn't splitting hairs. The numbers actually matter.
- TimorousBestie 7mo agoIt’s at risk of becoming a fractal of splitting hairs. Substituting your numbers in for theirs doesn’t change much. It’s still more expensive to rent. Kind of an unhelpful tangent to the discussion, really.
- triceratops 7mo ago> Substituting your numbers in for theirs doesn’t change much You can buy a boat for $10 or rent one for $9. Assuming you really want a boat, would you buy or rent? Do my numbers reflect reality? Do they have a bearing on the choice you make?
- Dylan16807 7mo agoIt changes a TON whether you pay 2x for renting or whether you pay 1.05x. Renting has annoyances but it also has flexibility. A flat "more expensive" is staring at one tree and missing the whole forest of tradeoffs. Way more people would choose to spend $50/month for that flexibility versus $700/month.
- albedoa 7mo ago?? How in the world is it splitting hairs to point out that those numbers don't make sense. It is directly relevant to the question of how many Americans want to rent. You don't need to be like this :(