There are pros and cons for both owning and renting. I seem to recall Rich putting up a fairly even-handed (unsurprisingly) article about the buy side not too long ago.

I’m one of the Piggs who caved and I’d have to say it doesn’t mean much. I will say there’s no way in heck we’re the last holdouts.

I’m not surprised, however, that some who haven’t come to the dark side are a little annoyed with the buyer’s club. I know I still wonder how I’ll feel about things 5 years from now. 10 years. Maybe my wounds (?) are still a little fresh.

So yeah, descriptions of the unbridled goodness of buying from some (and not all, mind you!) continue to rub me at least a little bit the wrong way.

As do renting sucks diatribes. Well, on that front, a lot the wrong way. Anecdotally, sure, renting *can* suck. It can be just fine too. I do know there are worse plumbing problems then leaky toilets. Or maybe that’s just an anecdote that was my former (renter) neighbor whose pipes inside the slab burst. I’m pretty sure that cost more than 50 bucks to fix. My neighbors, of course, really had no idea how much it cost to fix because they, well, didn’t have to pay a dime for it.

So, yeah, we all have our “realities”. I’m just gonna have to go with I tried my best to go with something I could afford and hopefully it’ll all work out nicely for my family in the long run.

So, aldante, I hope the same for you. Any update on those repairs, btw?