It’s great to hear from an opposing viewpoint. Most of the guys who post here are very bright, but they spend a lot of time patting each other on the back as they all share a similar perspective. And they just love to finish there comments with “the train has left the station”, “the music has stopped”, “it’s getting ugly”, “look out below”, or some other brilliant cliche. They don’t usually resort to dismissing folks with minority views as “Trolls” so easily.
I agree with you that owning kicks serious bootie over renting. I even moved out of state to own again, and I freakin’ love having my own home again. No regrets. But I think if you run the numbers as some of the less offensive geniuses have posted above, you’ll find that renting will look pretty good in the current SD market. Especially when rents are such a steal compared to owning – my rent was half what my mortgage payment would have been in SD.
