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# housingc
clean-activity-38399
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rapid-account-67960
10/20/2025, 2:51 PMHomes as Solid Investments
In addition to locking in your ongoing housing costs, buying real estate has excellent long-term investment potential.I don't think this is true. Your house goes in value, and then what? When you move to an old age home and finally sell you house you get money for it? But adjust it for inflation and add in maintenance costs, and what did you get?
rapid-account-67960
10/20/2025, 2:52 PMBeyond the actual dollars involved, the emotional and social stress of being beholden to a landlord's whims andI think this is the most important reason for buying, and in most cases may be the only reason
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alert-napkin-48631
10/20/2025, 3:58 PMHome equity can be tapped in tax-advantaged ways that far surpass what a typical IRA or 401(k) can offer!
alert-napkin-48631
10/20/2025, 3:58 PMWhat does he mean by that?
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little-piano-72860
10/20/2025, 6:20 PMadd in maintenance costsInteresting you say that living in Israel. I live in a rental (and actually own elsewhere and rent it), and I pay more fixings than my landlord does each year. His maintenance is probably $100-300 a year. In 9 years his rent has nearly doubled, and so did his apt value. On my own apartment, yearly fixes are pretty low too ba''h. As a newly married it was probably the best thing we did buying a house (we blew a lot of money looking back), in the beginning it was hard, but a few long years later rent was significantly higher than the mortgage payments and maintenance together. And now 20 years later I have a pretty much paid house worth 3x, and can sell and either upgrade, or buy cheaper and invest some, and I hope I have some good years before the old age home.