1. Renting never Buying
Why do people say: “renting is dead money” ?
If you rent a house you will have to make regular payments until the day you die. You get nothing in return from your rent payments (apart from the gratitude of your landlord.) Furthermore the cost of renting tends to go up by at least inflation. Therefore, if your rent costs $500 a month, it will continue to increase throughout your life. If you buy a house on a 30 year mortgage, then it means when you retire you will be able to live rent free. Also your mortgage payments will not increase with inflation. (they will vary with interest rates) but in the long run the payment should stay about the same. This means that over time inflation will reduce the real cost of paying a mortgage. If your mortgage is currently $800 it is a big % of income, however, in the future it will be less. Continue reading »