http://gotoretirement.com/2010/01/rent-buy-own-home-retirement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rent-buy-own-home-retirement A Baby Boomer's Journey from Retirement Planning to Retirement Living Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gotoretirement.com/2010/01/rent-buy-own-home-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-3976 JMK Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:56:24 +0000 http://gotoretirement.com/?p=4575#comment-3976 Can wait to seel this albatross when the kids are gone. THe mortgage will be done in 3-4 years and the youngest gone in 10ist. Picturing the two of us rambling around in this place and sitting on $6-700K of equity (today's prices) is just stupid. A lovely 2brm apt would give us all the space we really need. I want it a transit route so we can get rid of one vehicle too. Oh the travel that freed up money will buy, and we'll retire 5-7 years earlier because of the reduced overhead (utilities, insurance, maintenance, taxes, etc). Yes it's been a lovely place to raise the kids, but I can't wait to get out of here now. Can wait to seel this albatross when the kids are gone. THe mortgage will be done in 3-4 years and the youngest gone in 10ist. Picturing the two of us rambling around in this place and sitting on $6-700K of equity (today’s prices) is just stupid. A lovely 2brm apt would give us all the space we really need. I want it a transit route so we can get rid of one vehicle too. Oh the travel that freed up money will buy, and we’ll retire 5-7 years earlier because of the reduced overhead (utilities, insurance, maintenance, taxes, etc). Yes it’s been a lovely place to raise the kids, but I can’t wait to get out of here now.

]]> http://gotoretirement.com/2010/01/rent-buy-own-home-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-2261 Kaye Swain Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:35:15 +0000 http://gotoretirement.com/?p=4575#comment-2261 There are some definite advantages to just having to call a landlord to fix the broken pipe, leaking roof, or plugged up toilet. Then again, you give up some measure of privacy since your landlord also has keys to your rental. Pros and cons to everything in life, that's for sure. :) There are some definite advantages to just having to call a landlord to fix the broken pipe, leaking roof, or plugged up toilet. Then again, you give up some measure of privacy since your landlord also has keys to your rental. Pros and cons to everything in life, that’s for sure.

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