Why Renting Doesn’t Save As Much As You Think It Does

Matt Croak Code
14 min readApr 11, 2024
Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash

There is a school of thought when it comes to owning versus renting that says that renting has the benefit of not having to worry about maintenance, upkeep, taxes, etc. With renting you simply pay the rent (and maybe utilities if they’re not included), and nothing else.

Sounds reasonable…at first.

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