Around here, rental properties have gone begging. Landlords have been forced to lower rents to get renters. The more affluent tenants have bought homes, leaving thousands of duplexes in search of decent tenants. A few years ago, you could purchase a duplex, pay the mortgage with the rent from the other flat and live cheap. Now, the combination of a flat rental market and high real estate costs have changed the economics.
I'm paying less than I was in 2000. ...and yes, I'm putting the difference in my 401k.
Where the heck do you live? I wanna move there! My significant other and I have portable jobs which we can take with us! I'm not kidding. Freepmail me if you don't wanna post it in the forum. TIA.