Rent vs. Buy

[NotCranky]

“With respect to rising rents I personally am not seeing it. I have lived in the same apartment for 5 years and have not seen a rent increase. ”

I think it is more appropriate to use historical data regarding rent inflation going at least 30 years back. I personally never raised rent on a mediocre tenant let alone an excellent one, like I am sure you are.I know many landlords are like this.
I have a friend who was renting on a 1 bedroom on Cable in O.B. for $65 in 1990 when he finally decided to buy because his landlord was in a coma and going to pass on.Going rent would have been $375 or so. I imagine that to be around $700 rental now. His mortgage, PITI, on his house in Clairmont is about 1/2 going renta and he had to watch his vlaue go from 162 to 110k shortly after buying.This is after refinancing ot a 15 year after acouple of years in the place too. Five years is just too short of a time frame when standard home loans are 30 years and we live for about 50 to 70 years after entering the housing market in one form or another, 30 or more of which could reasonably be done mortgage and rent free if one eventually buys vs. renting and investing.Yes, I know there are other expenses to ownership. If you say 1% for maintenance mine is about 7.5K annually at current valuations, insurance 1k, taxes 4k, at full valuation 8k if someone were to buy it today. That is a little over 1.5k worst case scenario for a house that would rent for 2.8- 3k per month.
In any case, I was trying to put the emphasis on long term thinking with my post because, aside from flukes like the recent boom, that is really how RE has worked to personal financial benefit. If it ever works again I would guess that this should also be the way.

I think,after considering the discussions here, that owning and actually paying off shelter, after finding a reasonable entry time vs. renting an equvalent property and investing is too close to call, generally speaking, to make it reasonable for many people to forgo ownership and all its potential satisfactions.Again, I am taking the long term position.I know you have examples of shorter term stituations that have played out as a clear winner for moving equity around. Nothing wrong with that. There are short term examples for flipping multiple houses and eating tons of aquistion, holding and sale costs and still making tons of money too.

[Raybyrnes]

Rustico
One of the consideration of owning was the fract that you also figured that you would get a job and be ther for the next 20 years. Nowadays you ahve to be flexible with work and for the most part need to be able to relocate. When this is the psychology even when you own the place it feels like you are a renter.

[Raybyrnes]

Rustico
One of the consideration of owning was the fract that you also figured that you would get a job and be ther for the next 20 years. Nowadays you ahve to be flexible with work and for the most part need to be able to relocate. When this is the psychology even when you own the place it feels like you are a renter.

[Raybyrnes]

Rustico
One of the consideration of owning was the fract that you also figured that you would get a job and be ther for the next 20 years. Nowadays you ahve to be flexible with work and for the most part need to be able to relocate. When this is the psychology even when you own the place it feels like you are a renter.

[Raybyrnes]

Rustico
One of the consideration of owning was the fract that you also figured that you would get a job and be ther for the next 20 years. Nowadays you ahve to be flexible with work and for the most part need to be able to relocate. When this is the psychology even when you own the place it feels like you are a renter.

[Raybyrnes]

Rustico
One of the consideration of owning was the fract that you also figured that you would get a job and be ther for the next 20 years. Nowadays you ahve to be flexible with work and for the most part need to be able to relocate. When this is the psychology even when you own the place it feels like you are a renter.

[NotCranky]

Yes I am aware that this dynamic you speak of needs great consideration. Actually thought of going into it but my other post was much too long already. Are we really just too mobile and unstable occupationally for housing ownership benefits as have been achieved in the recent past? Maybe we ought to change private property laws and pack a yurt on top of the family car? Or just rent :).

[NotCranky]

Yes I am aware that this dynamic you speak of needs great consideration. Actually thought of going into it but my other post was much too long already. Are we really just too mobile and unstable occupationally for housing ownership benefits as have been achieved in the recent past? Maybe we ought to change private property laws and pack a yurt on top of the family car? Or just rent :).

[NotCranky]

Yes I am aware that this dynamic you speak of needs great consideration. Actually thought of going into it but my other post was much too long already. Are we really just too mobile and unstable occupationally for housing ownership benefits as have been achieved in the recent past? Maybe we ought to change private property laws and pack a yurt on top of the family car? Or just rent :).

[NotCranky]

Yes I am aware that this dynamic you speak of needs great consideration. Actually thought of going into it but my other post was much too long already. Are we really just too mobile and unstable occupationally for housing ownership benefits as have been achieved in the recent past? Maybe we ought to change private property laws and pack a yurt on top of the family car? Or just rent :).

[NotCranky]

Yes I am aware that this dynamic you speak of needs great consideration. Actually thought of going into it but my other post was much too long already. Are we really just too mobile and unstable occupationally for housing ownership benefits as have been achieved in the recent past? Maybe we ought to change private property laws and pack a yurt on top of the family car? Or just rent :).

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this. Maybe I should start a new thread. I rent. It was my intent to continue to rent. However, I now co-own a house in Santee with siblings who want to sell “as is” as soon as possible. The house is a 4/2,(1350 sqft) built in the late 60’s and hasn’t been updated and may have some termite damage. I know I need to get an inspection. Do you think it would be worthwhile for me to buy the house? What would be a fair price in this market to offer my siblings? Please, tell me all the things that can go wrong with this idea. Thanks for the advice.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this. Maybe I should start a new thread. I rent. It was my intent to continue to rent. However, I now co-own a house in Santee with siblings who want to sell “as is” as soon as possible. The house is a 4/2,(1350 sqft) built in the late 60’s and hasn’t been updated and may have some termite damage. I know I need to get an inspection. Do you think it would be worthwhile for me to buy the house? What would be a fair price in this market to offer my siblings? Please, tell me all the things that can go wrong with this idea. Thanks for the advice.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this. Maybe I should start a new thread. I rent. It was my intent to continue to rent. However, I now co-own a house in Santee with siblings who want to sell “as is” as soon as possible. The house is a 4/2,(1350 sqft) built in the late 60’s and hasn’t been updated and may have some termite damage. I know I need to get an inspection. Do you think it would be worthwhile for me to buy the house? What would be a fair price in this market to offer my siblings? Please, tell me all the things that can go wrong with this idea. Thanks for the advice.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this. Maybe I should start a new thread. I rent. It was my intent to continue to rent. However, I now co-own a house in Santee with siblings who want to sell “as is” as soon as possible. The house is a 4/2,(1350 sqft) built in the late 60’s and hasn’t been updated and may have some termite damage. I know I need to get an inspection. Do you think it would be worthwhile for me to buy the house? What would be a fair price in this market to offer my siblings? Please, tell me all the things that can go wrong with this idea. Thanks for the advice.

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