Re:Show HN: Should you buy a house and rent it out?
by fbonetti on Saturday April 20, 2019 @01:40PM
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I have a total of four rental units. In the past year, I've been called out to fix something three times. Each issue took about 15 minutes to resolve. I could have hired a handyman for these jobs but it was cheaper and quicker to do it myself.
Most people are afraid of rental properties because it's out of their comfort zone.
Working a W2 job, socking money away in a 401k, and retiring at 65 = normal, safe, responsible, respectable.
Working a W2 job, slowing accumulating rental properties, fixing a toilet once in a while, and retiring at 45 or younger = deviant, risky, naughty.
Most people are afraid of rental properties because it's out of their comfort zone.
Working a W2 job, socking money away in a 401k, and retiring at 65 = normal, safe, responsible, respectable.
Working a W2 job, slowing accumulating rental properties, fixing a toilet once in a while, and retiring at 45 or younger = deviant, risky, naughty.