nicgentile@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down13
arrow-up1168arrow-down1message-squareWhat hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?nicgentile@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down16·3 months agoNot necessarily. All else being equal, mortgage + property charges + maintenance + tax is usually quite a bit more than rent. The issue is that renters almost never save or invest that delta, they spend it.
minus-squaremesa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDepends on where your at. My mortgage doesn’t go up every year, but rent always does! I now pay significantly less than the average rent in my area. Fun times.
Not necessarily. All else being equal, mortgage + property charges + maintenance + tax is usually quite a bit more than rent. The issue is that renters almost never save or invest that delta, they spend it.
“Wait? The world isn’t the US?!”
Depends on where your at.
My mortgage doesn’t go up every year, but rent always does! I now pay significantly less than the average rent in my area. Fun times.