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Old 01-22-2010, 05:25 AM  
slapass
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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
I have a very similar argument to that in regards to buying a house or renting a house/apartment. I usually get a lot of eye rolling and "a house is the best investment you can never make." My ass it is.
It makes even less sense if it is a big house. taxes and insurancve are usually at higher rates and maintenance becomes a real expense. Jumbo loans over a million have much stricter requirements not because they want to but because they have to. Those houses drop in value all the time.
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