Who are these people that supposedly prefer to rent? The only good thing about renting is that, in theory, if something breaks its someone else's problem to get it fixed. But in practice what happens is that you now have an obnoxious middle man in between you and getting the problem fixed and they can just decide fixing it isn't one of their priorities and you just get to deal with shit being broken

So who. Who actually enjoys renting when they intend to stay somewhere long term? Feel like this is just some bullshit landlords came up with to justify why renting is okay and people fell for their propaganda

@eniko What I do prefer though: not being in debt.

@Tijn @eniko not having debt seems like a nice draw but if you're going to spend $1500 per month for where you live regardless...

W/ a mortgage: this money is purchasing 1/360th of your house in the form of equity. Barring a housing crash that money just goes right into your net worth, right back into your pocket, and is recoverable in part if you sell. A fixed mortgage can never change either.

W/renting: that money disappears into the ether forever. And can cost more wildly year to year.

@britown @eniko Yeah, for sure.

But still, having tons of debt seems scary as hell.