Comments on: Rent vs Buy: back of envelope cost analysis http://blog.rajgad.com/life/personalfinance/2006-07/rent-vs-buy-back-of-envelop-cost-analysis.html Amit D. Chaudhary's blog on Life, Technology, Software Development, Information worth knowing and Spirituality Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:33:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Amit D. Chaudhary http://blog.rajgad.com/life/personalfinance/2006-07/rent-vs-buy-back-of-envelop-cost-analysis.html#comment-23 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:44:50 +0000 http://blog.rajgad.com/life/personalfinance/2006-07/rent-vs-buy-back-of-envelop-cost-analysis.html#comment-23 MonsterMan, I believe the flexibility of your own home (Change lawn watering, update things as needed or leave) as a fair trade off for other expenses like maintenance costs, insurance, property taxes, insurance, your own appliances, etc. Amit MonsterMan,

I believe the flexibility of your own home (Change lawn watering, update things as needed or leave) as a fair trade off for other expenses like maintenance costs, insurance, property taxes, insurance, your own appliances, etc.

Amit

]]> by: MonsterMan http://blog.rajgad.com/life/personalfinance/2006-07/rent-vs-buy-back-of-envelop-cost-analysis.html#comment-22 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:55:45 +0000 http://blog.rajgad.com/life/personalfinance/2006-07/rent-vs-buy-back-of-envelop-cost-analysis.html#comment-22 There seems to be a disclaimer to cover your point. Since these things vary a lot depending on where you live, I think your point is moot really. "Other factors such as maintenance costs and property taxes in your area have to be taken into account of course - but assuming those things don't have too big an impact, in this case the person is much better off renting on a purely monetary basis." There seems to be a disclaimer to cover your point. Since these things vary a lot depending on where you live, I think your point is moot really.

“Other factors such as maintenance costs and property taxes in your area have to be taken into account of course - but assuming those things don’t have too big an impact, in this case the person is much better off renting on a purely monetary basis.”

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