A lot depends if you want to spend a lot of time maintaining your home. Or if you’d prefer to just call the landlord to get things fixed and enjoy your time on other things. The amount of time it takes to maintain a home is amazing and not for everybody.
I think people need to be totally aware of how much living in a house is. Once a house turns 20, you have huge expenses. A new roof, new HVAC, new windows, appliances typically are ready to be replaced (if you’re lucky to get 20 out of them). Then painting the house, driveway and walkway. And that’s just off the top of my head. Yep all this was done in the last two years or so. In Florida, all this happens because weather is tough on a house.
my rent for a SFR is about half of what my old mortgage payment was when I owned. I like it ... never thought I would ...
Surly the most affective way. Yeah.