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launchpad · April 12th, 2006, 01:48

I would say that you should buy (if you can) in a real estate market that lets you have a cheap house (like Houston...i'm not sure what dallas is like). Your payments will be around the same as if you rented, but you won't be pissing your money away to some landlord. The only downside is that you have to keep up with the up keep. The selling portion isn't a big deal because you can always rent wherever you go while your house is on the market, then buy a new place after the old one sells. At the very least you'll break even. I made a butt load of money on a house in FL that I only owned for 2 years......definitely better than paying 1100 a month in rent...money i'll never see again. If you have the means, buy a house...it'll pay off in the long run.

April 12th, 2006, 01:48	#7
launchpad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 586	I would say that you should buy (if you can) in a real estate market that lets you have a cheap house (like Houston...i'm not sure what dallas is like). Your payments will be around the same as if you rented, but you won't be pissing your money away to some landlord. The only downside is that you have to keep up with the up keep. The selling portion isn't a big deal because you can always rent wherever you go while your house is on the market, then buy a new place after the old one sells. At the very least you'll break even. I made a butt load of money on a house in FL that I only owned for 2 years......definitely better than paying 1100 a month in rent...money i'll never see again. If you have the means, buy a house...it'll pay off in the long run.