A few readers sent us this totally cool link, and so we must post for it you.
Is It Better to Buy or Rent?
Compare the costs of renting and buying equivalent homes. Click
CALCULATE each time you change an entry.
We had some fun with this for a while. Make sure to tweak the sliders. According to Dataquick, you can use a 2.4% appreciation for San Francisco. What was that game show that spun that wheel and the players said, “big money, big money, no whammies?” We’ll substitute to apply to us, “Come on big appreciation, no Whammies!”
Of course, it could be a good time to buy rental property and collect those rents.
–Is it better to rent or buy graph [NY Times Online]
–Is it better to rent or buy article [NY Times Online]
–Inger Hogstrom Photography [one of the readers that sent us the link]