Own or rent

[Tracy]

If my house was completely paid off, I'd still need to come up with $500 a month to pay for my property tax and homeowners insurance.

Which is usually cheaper than renting the same size place!
I think we pay around that for our insurance and taxes on the house... the land has gone down for taxes now that I have an agricultural status on it.

 

[cynosure.x]

I own my house right now. Before that, I rented an apartment with my then boyfriend luckily now long time ex boyfriend.

When leaving the apartment and temporarily moving back in with my mom, we were debating the rent/buy options and we looked around for both. Rent was ridiculous. Thanks to my grandma's savings I got the money to pay the deposit or whatever you call it. If not for my grandma, I would've never been able to buy a place. Forever grateful. 🙏 ❤️