Anyone here prefer to rent vs owning a house?

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Rogue

I'm pretty much the same way. When I was married to the second hubby, we owned our own place which also had an acre of land. The land came in handy for riding our dirt bikes, but other than that, we both hated having that much land to keep up. Not to mention the cost of upkeep on a place we owned, even new. Nothing's perfect.

I thought I'd enjoy having a place to call my own...and for a while I did. Now that I'm single, I prefer renting and doubt I'll ever own another homestead. Even though it seems to be a good investment, I've seen it cause nothing but problems later, whether it be because it's a money pit, or it has to be sold, usually upon death of a family member. I've seen families damn near tear apart over the selling of a house after someone dies and it's just not worth it to me. Once your dead, it becomes a family issue and I'd rather not be the cause of any possible rift in what little family I have left. Besides, if I own, I can't roam the US like I want to after my kids are out of school (a little over 4 years and counting! ). Kinda like having a relationship. I can't do what I want to do and be tied down at the same time.

If a family will fight over a house they will fight over $23 in the bank. A close family will not do that.

I worked with a guy and when his parents pasted away everyone fought over what little they had. He said he didn't want anything to do with it and tried to get his name removed from it. It didn't get done like he thought. While this was going on no one was doing anything about the garage that had to be fixed. The government demanded it be tore down but they didn't do what they had to do so the government was going to do it at the cost of at least $5000. Because he wasn't didn't get his name off of it he was responsible for part of it. If my kids fight like that I'm coming back and haunting their asses.

James