My assumption is more carefully stated in the spreadsheet, that "Property, rent, and cash savings all appreciate at the same rate of total...
For all its flaws, Windows has application compatibility that is untouched by any other operating system. If your primary goal is to run Windows...
If you are looking for compiled packages, I have to wonder if you're really using the right distribution. I use Gentoo despite its many flaws,...
Did anyone look through my spreadsheet? There are people here with much more experience in real estate and I'd like your feedback. I can't help...
I don't think it's really all that important which distribution you use. I use Gentoo, because it was the first distribution to support AMD64...
:) Actually, I don't. I'm not a trend follower. I do know the importance of transaction costs and liquidity! Martin
Sure. I'd be very interested in any feedback. You can twiddle cell B8 to see the effect of holding for a different amount of time. With this...
Yes, intentionally so. I have no desire to incorporate an assumption that all the evidence tells me will not persist in the long run. Sure, it...
But I live where I live. For personal reasons, that's more important to me than owning a house or becoming a landlord. That's why I haven't...
That's because you were selling the house, not renting it. As you said, your buyers were comparing it against what they can afford. But they also...
Virtually all first time home buyers are already renters. When they choose to buy a house they are inherently comparing what they're renting today...
OldTrader, Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience. I personally have nothing against buy and hold investing in real estate or...
I actually did run the numbers on a 30 year fixed mortgage for a property in the SF Bay Area, assuming that both home prices and rents stay...
One thing that I find curious about this and other real estate threads is all the so called traders advocating buying and holding real estate as...
I stand corrected. With that said, I think Hydroblunt was commenting on current real estate valuation. There is a subtle distinction here that...
No duh. I don't think anyone in any of the real estate threads has either said or implied that renting is cheaper than buying in the long run....
Heh. Martin
Steve, if you'd read my post, you'd understand that houses in the Bay Area are less affordable than they were in 2000. How does that sit with your...
Steve, if there was more demand for housing in the Bay Area, and less supply, you would expect rents to go up along with the price of houses....
Well of course. Price is the equilibrium of supply and demand. That is a tautology. I am asking how and why. The only explanation you offer...
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