Does renting vs owning make more sense in todays' "buyer's market"?

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You can pull up any listing in the property search category of my web site.  Use my mortgage calculator...is it less than what you're paying in rent? Are you entitled to take a deduction each year for your landlord's interest that you're paying?  Are you going to receive up to an $8000 Tax credit this year for renting?  Do you have decent credit and have you been at your job for two years or more? Yes, Call me...I deliver dreams!
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April 30 2009
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Dear Undone...in our market...you can own in a nice neighborhood on a nice size lot for what you pay in rent.  (P+I)  Considered moving?
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April 30 2009
I'm suspect Nvchaz still single.
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May 02 2009
Let's see now...

My dream is:

To see you stretched out on my black satin sheets wearing nuthin' but a smile.

It is fully in your power so deliver my dream!
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May 02 2009
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Dear Randy:  I thought it's evident that I'm licensed in Nevada...also Florida and at one time NYC.
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Call me...I deliver dreams!

I'm dreaming of a 5BR, 4BA, with separate legal in-law,, au pair, hot tub, solar pool, master suite with sauna and bidet, view, and what the hey, California Prop 13 legacy transfer status.  Oh yea, in Marin County, south of SFD.

What's your number?
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April 30 2009
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No, Linda. Why would my wife and I leave our jobs, friends, and family to move to a city that has nothing to offer us and doesn't interest us? Just to give you commission?!
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you can own in a nice neighborhood on a nice size lot for what you pay in rent.  (P+I)

So taxes and insurance are free where you live?  Good deal.
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April 30 2009
Linda your full of $hit. Can a moderator from ZIllow please stop her from SPAMMING so much!! She is absolutely clueless and ridiculous.
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April 30 2009
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You deliver dreams?
Okay. My dream is to have a large house on a large lot in a nice area for under $1400 per month, which is what I'm currently paying in rent.

Houses in the area I'm renting are still selling for $350k+. That's for >1200sqft on a >3000sqft lot.

Make my dreams come true. Please.


Please keep in mind that while I can buy in the ghetto for much, much less, but that is not encompassed in my dreams.
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April 30 2009
"Use my mortgage calculator...is it less than what you're paying in rent?"
Why don't let I'm make the living ?
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