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RENTING VS BUYING A HOUSE 🏠 Is Renting A Waste Of Money?


how's it going today guys so what we're
talking about today is whether you
should buy a house or an apartment or go
out you'll see in most cases your budget
progress but whether you should buy a
house or whether you should rent a house
now I basically depends on what your
current situation is and there's a lot
of cases where it makes sense to rent
and a lot of situations where it makes
sense to buy so what I'm going to do is
first go through what the actual costs
are associated with renting versus
buying and then some of the advantages
and disadvantages of both of those so
you guys get a general idea and maybe
you can make a better decision as to
whether you want to rent the place or
buy a place now there are many perks to
renting a house instead of buying one
and a lot of that is related to luxuries
so if you don't want the annoyance of
maintaining a property of mowing a lawn
of doing the snow removal of fixing
things fixing leaky faucets all that
then renting may make sense for you and
this may be a luxury item that's worth
it to you that I have to worry about all
that stuff depending on what stage of
life you are in one main one may make
more sense than the other so what are
the actual costs associated with owning
a home the first one is probably the
biggest one that is your down payment on
the home and that's typically anywhere
from 3.5 to 20 or more percent down so
on a house that's $200,000 20% down we
have $40,000 so that's a significant
amount of money you may be able to do
something as the first time homebuyer
you can get less money put down but know
10 to 20 percent is very typical of what
you should expect to have put down on
the property so you do need to have some
money saved up for a down payment on the
house second is the appraisal as well as
the inspection you should probably
consider that you're going to be
spending five hundred dollars on each of
these and most mortgage companies
require this because they want to
determine if the house is worth what
you're offering because at the end of
the day if you don't pay your mortgage
payment they need to be able to sell
that asset recover their money and also
whether or not the house is in need of
any immediate repair so combined that's
about a thousand dollars you have to
spend on the appraisal and the
inspection the third is property taxes
and this varies so much depending on
where you live so I can't even begin to
guess what that would cost
but this is a recurring cost that you
pay every single year
in some cases you get to pay it twice a
year and some people opt to roll it in
with their mortgage so they have a
separate account with their mortgage
payments that goes towards the taxes and
some people pay it outside of their
mortgage so it's just something you pay
twice a year or once a year in most
cases then you have homeowners insurance
as well as flood insurance and most
people don't realize this but those are
completely different things so if you're
in an area that what you probably should
have flood insurance on top of your
homeowners insurance and again that just
vary so much I really couldn't put a
price on it then you have private
mortgage insurance that's called PMI and
most lenders require this if you have
less than 20% down because essentially
this protects the lender so if they end
up if your property gets foreclosed if
you're not making your payment's and
they sell and they sell at a loss that
insurance covers the gap of what they
loaned you versus what they sold it for
so basically that protects the lender
and it's moat is usually required if you
have less than 20% down on a house so
that's another factor another course you
have to factor in and in most cases is
just factored in with your mortgage
payment then you have utilities so this
could be your gas or oil or propane
depending on what your heat system is
your electric your water your sewer
cable and Internet as well as trash
service and if your home has a security
system as well that's another utility
that gets paid for each month in most
cases then there's the maintenance and
this can be a lot of money so this is
any repairs that need to be done
replacement of old appliances any
painting on the roof is a big one that's
very expensive if your roof goes dad you
need to reshingle your blue friend like
that that's a huge expense HVAC that's
another huge expense or your heating
system or your air conditioning system
and then as well any landscaping or snow
removal so if you have to clear your own
sidewalks and clear your own driveway
and you have to maintain a snow blower
in order to do that and if you have to
have your own lawn mower if you don't
own these things already the things you
have to buy to have and then furnishing
is a big one too because in most cases
the new home that you're moving into is
larger than your old space so you're
going to have to either you know go
contact your family and see what's in
the attic or buy new furniture so that's
something else this is all a lot of this
is for current costs but a lot of it's
also upfront cost so you have to have
money set aside in order to be able to
do this now
to compare it one of the costs
associated with renting a home the main
one is your monthly rent
and this varies by location generally
speaking though if you're in a good
neighborhood in a good area you're going
to be paying more for rent and if you're
not so good of a neighborhood it will be
less for rent and it also depends on the
property conditions so whether it's an
older house or if it's a new house as
well as the fact that it can change
anytime now basically whenever you renew
your lease your landlord has the ability
to increase rent so it's something to
consider it's kind of I mean in most
cases if you have a good reputation with
your landlord they hopefully will keep
it the same but they do have the right
to raise rent if you have to sign
another lease so it may go up if they
then they have that option to do that so
you have to consider that as well number
2 is a big one that is pets so if you're
a pet owner first of all some landlords
will not even let you rent and in some
cases that they do they will require pet
rent which is an additional fee each
month or they will require a security
deposit so if there's any damage to the
property as a result of having that pet
there they will hold on your security
deposit and that's something you don't
get back and in some cases they require
a security deposit regardless even if
you don't have pets that way if you do
any damage they can hold on to that so
most people require a security deposit
regardless but there may also be an
additional security deposit if you have
pets
number three is renter's insurance this
isn't required and it's also not very
expensive but it's worth having I know
I've read somewhere that it's averaged
about fifteen dollars a month but
basically this protects your belongings
if there's any damage done to them and I
actually have friends of mine who were
renting a place and the ceiling caved in
because of a water leak and all their
belongings were covered and they got
like five thousand dollars from that so
it's worth it to have just in case the
worst case scenario happens so I bet you
they're glad that they were paying $15 a
month for that policy number four is
utilities and there are some cases where
it may be paid by the landlord but
they're also it's more frequent that
your electric and your gas are paid for
by you generally water is metered just
for the building so you don't pay for
water but you may have to pay for your
gas and electric that's very common and
then a big one too that people don't
consider is laundry a lot of places
don't have laundry machines or maybe
they have the hookups for them but you
have to bring your own machines and if
you have to do laundry once a week you
got to figure that may cost you I don't
know maybe ten dollars a weekend-long
dramatic
Spence's as well as they take a lot of
time to go to the laundromat and do all
of your laundry so that's the debt
basically the cost of renting versus
buying a home okay so now we're going to
get into the pros and cons of renting
versus buying
so first the pros of buying a house
first of all the main one is that
homeowners build equity over time and
every dollar put towards the principle
of a loan build equity so eventually if
you pay that house off you own it free
and clear or even when you do decide to
sell if you built up any equity that is
money that you get when you do sell
homeowners can build sweat equity by
making repairs and improvements so if
you're handy yourself and you're good at
doing work around the house and you do
things to increase the value of the
property that's money in your pocket at
the end of the day there also may be tax
credits and first-time homebuyer credits
available to you because it's very the
government is very encouraging as far as
people buying homes investing in real
estate and your house could even earn
your rental income down the road so if
you pay it off and you owe it free and
clear or even if you decide to upgrade
and maybe build something behind that
current house or buy something down the
street you could keep that as a source
of rental income and the other thing
that people do as well as the
owner-occupied strategy so they buy a
multi-family property they live in one
of the apartments and they rent out the
others so that's a way to even improve
your mortgage and live for free in most
cases where you're basically the rental
income from the other apartment pays for
all the expenses which is a great thing
to do you're also free to customize your
home so if you want to make upgrades and
customize it that's completely up to you
that's you have the ability to do that
and the other thing is that based on
historical data the house should
appreciate in value over time as long as
you own the house for long enough now
the cons of buying a house is in a bad
market or in a bad area there's a risk
of owning a depreciating asset where the
house value goes down as you own it
you're also responsible for all
maintenance and repairs so if there's
any major repairs that come up that
could be a significant cost for you
there's also very high upfront costs
with buying a house and many people
don't have the means to have a down
payment and as well as other expenses we
mentioned at the beginning and you may
be in a pinch if you need to relocate
all of a sudden and that's not a good
situation to be in where you have to
relocate for a
or for family reasons and you have to
sell a house in a pinch you definitely
don't want to be in that situation okay
so what are the pros of renting a house
well the main one is that there's zero
responsibility for maintenance and
repairs you just call up your landlord
and say hey the fault is broken hey the
roof is leaking and that is not on you
the only problem is if your landlord
isn't good about making repairs you
Makes have to deal with that and you may
have to hound them as far as making
repairs that might be a bit of a
headache the other thing is that
relocation is much easier so if you're
in a job where you have to relocate
every couple of years or if you're not
in that job that you're going to stick
with long term or you're new to the area
relocation is much easier when you rent
you just have to either basically stay
there as long as you release or your
landlord may allow you to basically
lease it to somebody else
under your name or something like that
or you can get out of it easier than
when you own the home there's no
exposure to a potentially volatile real
estate market because you don't own
anything and you're just paying to rent
the place and the value of the home has
no effect on you the credit requirements
tend to be less strict so there's more
credit requirements when you're buying a
house in most cases versus renting a
house and utilities may be included in
some cases depending on the way that the
place is structured and the major
advantage of this too is the fact that
there's less upfront cost significantly
less upfront costs associated with
renting a house now the cons of renting
a house there are actually a lot of cons
the main one is that there's no equity
being built you're essentially just
throwing that money out the window and
you're never going to see any of that
money back the other thing is there's no
tax credits or benefits available to
renters the landlord also has the
ability to raise rent between lease
agreements so when you're signing your
lease agreement the landlord could raise
the rent on you the other thing is that
the landlord has the ability to evict
you so maybe they decide that they want
to sell the property and they want to
evict you part of a reason or maybe they
want to move back into the property or
move in their family members they have
the ability to evict you even if you're
a good paying tenant they can evict you
so that's not good as far as uncertainty
of your housing and then the other
problem is that the sale of the property
may impact you so here are two ways
number one is if the person is trying to
sell the property and they're constantly
showing the home they may call you up
and say hey you've got
comunit top to bottom I have to show the
place so that's kind of headache the
other thing is to maybe they sell the
property to somebody else and that
person decides they want to live there
and you could be evicted in that case as
well so those are the cons basically of
renting a house I would say anybody that
can afford to and if they're invested in
the area long term should buy a house
and if you're not invested in the area
or you don't have the means for the
upfront expenses associated with buying
a house that's the situation where you
would want to rent but anyways guys I'm
hoping that kind of cleared some things
up on renting versus buying if you guys
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