The U.S. Will Become A Nation of Renters

gene cisco

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That's not true. At least in GA senior citizens do not pay the school tax portion of your property tax. So they pay $1500 instead of a $4000 yearly tax for a $300,000 home.
Damn. That's what's up. They don't have that shit in Ohio to my knowledge. Seniors good for voting against levies up here.
 

jagu

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Damn. That's what's up. They don't have that shit in Ohio to my knowledge. Seniors good for voting against levies up here.
For example, here's the tax bill for a $600,000k home. After age 62, you don't pay the school tax

Jurisdictions
Taxing Authority40% Assessed ValueLess Exemption= Net Tax Valuex Millage= Tax
SCHOOL GENERAL250,01210,000240,0120.018900$4,536.23
SCHOOL BOND250,0120250,0120.000000$0.00
COUNTY GENERAL250,01220,000230,0120.008460$1,945.90
COUNTY BOND250,0120250,0120.000130$32.50
COUNTY FIRE250,0120250,0120.002860$715.03
STATE250,0122,000248,0120.000000$0.00
 

4 Dimensional

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I don't know the neighborhoods in Greensboro, Is that in the hood? Don't be scared. :lol:Be like those other folks who put half million dollars homes in the hood.

:lol:

Shoot yeah, it’s in the hood. I’m good on that with the family.

Like I mentioned before, if it was just me, then I’m all for it. But I know how my wife and daughter is, so I already know it’s a no go. Lol.
 

woodchuck

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Seller's market. Inventory is low while prices are high, + add the amount of people that lost their jobs during the pandemic. The one good thing that helped me and my wife during this pandemic, we were able to lower our interest rate.
 
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jagu

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Some dude put a 12M Home on Butner rd in SW Atlanta and he hasn't been able to sell it in 3 years. That shit is just rotting away.
 

Mo-Better

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I’ve made arguments in the past that people with money has the biggest advantage. The can buy homes right out while the majority of people are stuck in 30 year loans. And then rent those houses out.

On top of the increasing housing prices that is becoming absurd in many cities. I’m still trying to figure out where all the money from my city is coming from for the housing prices to be what they are now.

There is this new neighborhood beside me that are selling 1200 squared foot houses for 256k. That’s crazy high for those type of cookie cutter houses with no lot space, especially in Greensboro.

I hate the idea of being stuck in such a long term loan while being a slave to debtors my entire life. Between student loans and a mortgage loan, I’m screwed from life unless I start making big money.

A quarter of a million dollars for only 1200 square ft. is insane. My place is bigger than 1200 sq feet and to me its small. It didn't cost a quarter of a million either. Seems I've got some will rewriting to do.

Are people actually buying these homes?
 

4 Dimensional

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A quarter of a million dollars for only 1200 square ft. is insane. My place is bigger than 1200 sq feet and to me its small. It didn't cost a quarter of a million either. Seems I've got some will rewriting to do.

Are people actually buying these homes?

Hell yeah, bruh. They are totally fucking up the market over here. Makes zero sense.

Seriously, when those houses where getting built, wifey and I went to go look at them. They are brick and vinyl on the outside, and two stories. Absolutely very little lot space. When we say the square footage of the houses was only 1200 to 1400, which I think includes the garages, I could believe it. Literally no bigger than our house that we are renting which is one story and over a half acre of land.

One of my uber drivers stays in that neighborhood and told me that his house cost 265k. I could believe it.
 

Mo-Better

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Foreclosures will pick up next year, a lot of people are behind their mortgage because of the pandemic. If your an investor trying get another rental, look into doing a "subject to" deal for people who want out of their mortgage. Thats my game plan for my next rental.

A foreclosure home is the way to go. You can and will save thousands.
 

850credit

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Nearly two-thirds, or 64%, of millennials (ages 25 to 40) say they have at least one regret about purchasing their current home, according to a new poll of more than 1,400 U.S. homeowners from Bankrate.

Only about 45% of Gen X (ages 41 to 56) and 33% of baby boomers (ages 57 to 75) reported having some type of remorse about their current home, the survey found. But overall, having some dissatisfaction is pretty common: about 43% of all homeowners have at least one regret about their home.
 

Darrkman

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Seller's market. Inventory is low while prices are high, + add the amount of people that lost their jobs during the pandemic. The one good thing that helped me in my wife during this pandemic, we were able to lower our interest rate.

Yeah I renegotiated my rate as well. Houses on Long Island are going fast. One coworker told me his mother's house on LI sold in 4 days.
 

woodchuck

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Yeah I renegotiated my rate as well. Houses on Long Island are going fast. One coworker told me his mother's house on LI sold in 4 days.
My brother and his wife have been outbid on 4 houses. Not only did the winning bids offer about 15k+ over asking, but they also waived the appraisal. Which lets me know that corporations are buying these homes to park money.
 

Darrkman

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My brother and his wife have been outbid on 4 houses. Not only did the winning bids offer about 15k+ over asking, but they also waived the appraisal. Which lets me know that corporations are buying these homes to park money.

They definitely are.
 

mrcmd187

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The best feeling I had was when my house was paid off before I got out the military. My Daughter and her husband been searching for a house at a reasonable price but the realtor been trying to get them into renting cause he claims he has more rentals inventory than house for sell unless they want to buy a new built home (starting price 150K for a 2 to 3 bedroom)
 

Dr. Truth

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My brother and his wife have been outbid on 4 houses. Not only did the winning bids offer about 15k+ over asking, but they also waived the appraisal. Which lets me know that corporations are buying these homes to park money.
Out here houses are going for 100-300k over asking all cash. I saw some family bought the sellers a Range Rover . Shits dumb
 

xxxbishopxxx

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The US is already a country full of renters, in a sense.

Most people that own their homes, have less than 30% equity in it and never plan on paying it off. They just pay their monthly nut, and when they move they pay off the rest of the mortgage and take their gains and put it down on a new house and continue to pay monthly.

From a cash flow standpoint, it looks very much like renter who pays rent every month, and when he moves gets back his security deposit and uses it on a new home.

The biggest difference is interest rates. By law a landlord must put a renters security deposit in an interest bearing account.

For the past 20 years interest rates have been very low and that means appreciation of equity has outpaced interestyou’d get on a security deposit.

Home ownership used to mean actually slowly paying for a home that eventually you would never have to pay for. Now it just means paying a monthly fee for the rest of your life, which is eerily similar to renting.
You not including the tax write off on the interest payments on the mortgage.
 

xxxbishopxxx

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That's not true. At least in GA senior citizens do not pay the school tax portion of your property tax. So they pay $1500 instead of a $4000 yearly tax for a $300,000 home.
That's pretty cool...not sure if that is the norm.
 

OUT THARE

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In my neighborhood house run $300,000 & up when one comes up for sale it’s bought & rented out so the neighborhood that I been in 14 yrs is slowly changing more renters & I might have to move but it’s happening all over so ...
 
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meilmarc

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I signed a contract on a new construction here in Houston back in October the price was $254,000. Closed and moved in 2 weeks ago. Today the same house model in the subdivision is being sold for over $315k smh.
 

daking181

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Yeah I renegotiated my rate as well. Houses on Long Island are going fast. One coworker told me his mother's house on LI sold in 4 days.
Long Island houses are selling real quick. Its hard trying g to get a house in the 5 boroughs (queens) I know a couple with good/decent jobs and they had to move to eastern long Island. I remember house hunting in the early 2000s and people wanted 400-500k for house in cambria/st Albans. I wound up by in Elmont
 

Gazoo

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An argument can be made, depending on where you live, if renting is better than "owning".
 

DC_Dude

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An argument can be made, depending on where you live, if renting is better than "owning".
Yes here in DC, but if you know the city and the layout buying a fixer upper is a win win. Or you can buy in SE where people are scared to live even though you can clearly see that shit changing over but not as fast as the other parts of the city.
 

DC_Dude

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I tell people all the time, DC is really like a test lab. They implement shit here first and the. If it works you will see other cities doing it.
For example this whole walkable communities thing I keep seeing in other cities was being done back in 2010 in dc. Niggas living in walking distance to stores, restaurants, and etc. I go back home to Columbia, sc or visit my peeps in Charlotte and that’s all I’m seeing being built.
 
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