Desertbreh wrote:Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:55 pm
I hear you, and feel the same way. but i digress.... its possible in that climate.
I still think you should rent. Definitely at least till the next downswing, for two reasons. 1 you will have liquidity from current house sails (for fucks sake dont invest it) 2. you will get more for your money. 3.
you will learn the area.
This is huge. The whole "we owned before, we must own again" house swap thing is nonsense. It seems to be heavily woman driven as well. You can buy a shitton of $20 hamburgers in
gastropubs for a poor housing decision.
Part of it is not just renting vs buying but living in a 1000 sq ft place with 1 bathroom and a tiny kitchen vs 1800 sq ft with 400 sq ft garage and 400 sq ft attic and 2 bathrooms, plus freedom to put shelves on the walls, privacy from neighbors, etc.
Most places for example don't seem to have proper vents over their stoves which actually vent to outside vs recirculating smoke in your face. If you own, you can fix that in an afternoon for not much money. If you rent, you just can't cook anything smoky like
without making a big mess.
All that being said, we are still leaning toward the $1200 apartment in town and sharing a car while saving cash. Framing it as an interesting new challenge and opportunity to come up with
solutions to shrinking our lyfe without it sucking seems to be working for selling it to the wife.