7 reasons renting is better than buying.

Homeownership may not be all it& #39;s cracked up to be.

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1. You aren& #39;t tied to one place

People change jobs a lot.

If you& #39;re self-employed, you may need to move to where the action is.

Whatever the reason, buying a home makes it tough to move quickly if you need to.

Rent for location independence. Especially early in your career.
2. Less upfront cost

You& #39;re going to have to pay up to get into a home.

Traditional mortgages come with a 20% down payment. If you don& #39;t have that, you& #39;ll probably pay a higher interest rate or mortgage insurance.

Renters just have to pay a month& #39;s deposit in advance.
3. Sweet amenities

Decent apartment complexes will have nice perks:

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This won& #39;t make or break you. But it& #39;s stuff you would have to pay for as a homeowner.
4. Money leftover to invest

This is the big one.

An S&P 500 index fund returns close to 10% every year.

Most homes will not return anywhere close to that.

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5. No maintenance costs

Rule of thumb is that you will spend 1% of the home price on maintenance every year.

For a $300K house, that& #39;s $30K after 10 years. And that& #39;s probably low.

Maintaining a home is expensive and stressful.

Renting does away with all of that.
6. Lower insurance cost

The monthly cost for renters insurance is usually a tenth of homeowners insurance.

There& #39;s also much more liability with a home. Anyone can sue you if they get hurt on your property.

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7. More difficult to deduct interest

Being able to deduct interest payments is touted as a huge advantage of homeownership.

The new tax law makes it much harder to claim this deduction. So that perk is pretty much gone for most folks.

Don& #39;t let the tax tail wag the dog.
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