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Re:Not Buying a Home Could Cost You $65,000 A Year by DamnYuppie on Saturday May 30, 2015 @02:22PM (#9631170)
Those fees, by comparison to home purchases, are very minimal. The doc fees to buy a house in the US alone runs well over $1300, that doesn't even include paying for points or inspections. You have the same type of fees to rent in the US as well, credit checks, deposits, pet fees, and move in fees for certain buildings depending upon access and parking.
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Re:Not Buying a Home Could Cost You $65,000 A Year by walshemj on Sunday May 31, 2015 @06:36AM (#9633764)
but that is amortized over a much longer time frame than renters
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Re:Not Buying a Home Could Cost You $65,000 A Year by DamnYuppie on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:26AM (#9706050)
That is probably true yet that time frame is on average 4-7 years, not the 30 years most people think.
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