Fs I Give - BowTiedF'er's Financial Advice (And Other Rants)

Fs I Give - BowTiedF'er's Financial Advice (And Other Rants)

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Should You Buy Or Rent A Home

Should You Buy Or Rent A Home

No vague Heuristics...What is the Maths behind renting vs owning a home?

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Owning your own home.

The American dream.

2.5 kids, white picket fence, a dog, and a massive mortgage.

Is that the best way?

We previously compared putting 20% vs 3.5% down on a home. If you want to buy a house now and don’t want to save up the full 20% down, we showed you how. We also explored how much more expensive it was to put less money down (spoiler: over 7+ years it starts getting very expensive to put 3.5% down, but early on in the mortgage you actually benefited from the lower down payment & low home equity growth).

Now to answer the question of, “should you even buy that home in the first place or continue renting?

Cost Of Home Ownership

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