• general_kitten@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    by buying a house you get to be a wage slave for a couple dozen years, By renting you can be a wage slave for your whole life

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      7 months ago

      By renting a home, you’ll pay 1300 a month for the rest of your life.

      By buying a home, you’ll pay 800 dollars a month for the rest of your life, with the occasional 5 - 10 thousand dollars surprises every now and again.

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        7 months ago

        Except in the end you can also sell that house for $600k-$900k+ at 65 years old then use half of that to rent the next 30 years and have the rest to do whatever the fuck you want.

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          So long as the government continues to exercise control over supply to ensure that your investment goes up. There are places like Japan where the value of your home decreases over time because they build new housing when its needed.