Don't Forget to Pay Your Rent

[thirsty moore]

Just saying.

[nkotb]

So if I were to cruise the mean streets of Adams Morgan this fine May morn', I shouldn't be surprised to see a pile of Sonic Youth CDs, rolling papers and empty pie trays strewn about the sidewalk?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

[thirsty moore]

Not even.  Those were all sold to pay off my internet bill.
 
 

Originally posted by nkotb:
  So if I were to cruise the mean streets of Adams Morgan this fine May morn', I shouldn't be surprised to see a pile of Sonic Youth CDs, rolling papers and empty pie trays strewn about the sidewalk?

[thirsty moore]

By paying a mortgage you are helping the terrorists win.
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

About half of what a mortgage payment is.

[edbert]

I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

It's like a condo fee, but you don't have to also pay mortgage interest on top of it

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Not really. The $1750 for a three bedroom apt in Springfield is barely less than the mortgage on our 4BR single family house.
 
 

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

About half of what a mortgage payment is. [/b]

[thirsty moore]

GGW knows where you live.  He said that you ride your bike to JAXX.
 
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Not really. The $1750 for a three bedroom apt in Springfield is barely less than the mortgage on our 4BR single family house.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

GGW knows where we ALL live. He has our real names, home addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, favorite albums, sexual history, and bathroom habits all in a master spreadsheet.
 
 I definitely could ride my bike to JAXX, if they gave me reason to.
 
 

Originally posted by econo:
  GGW knows where you live.  He said that you ride your bike to JAXX.
 
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Not really. The $1750 for a three bedroom apt in Springfield is barely less than the mortgage on our 4BR single family house.

[/b]

[sonickteam2]

rent sucks.
 
 its just throwing your money away.  
 
 and no one can argue with that.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Not really. The $1750 for a three bedroom apt in Springfield is barely less than the mortgage on our 4BR single family house.
 
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I forgot, remind me what rent is again?

About half of what a mortgage payment is. [/b]

[/b]

....I was thinking more of Florida with it's obscene property taxes, hurricane insurance and hoa's on top of your mortgage that you don't have to pay as a renter. I suppose we don't have state income tax so they're only 'effing' us from one front instead of two. Did I mention we don't pay property taxes on vehicles?  

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by le sonick:
  rent sucks.
 
 its just throwing your money away.  
 
 and no one can argue with that.

How is it throwing your money away? It's putting a roof over your head isn't it?
 
 You can currently pay a mortgage and watch your property drop in value, like most people do these days, or pay rent and invest the difference in a profit making investment.

[thirsty moore]

He's the board's CIA.
 
 Though with your statistics background, I suspect that the spreadsheet was your idea and that you work with him.
 
 Markie has a photo of both of you shaking hands.
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  GGW knows where we ALL live. He has our real names, home addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, favorite albums, sexual history, and bathroom habits all in a master spreadsheet.
 
 I definitely could ride my bike to JAXX, if they gave me reason to.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

My property value is still up by maybe 25-30% since buying three years ago (ggw, are you getting all of this for the spreadsheet?). And it's up five times that when compared to the 20% down payment investment.
 
 So what if it's temporarily down. It will go back up.
 
 And the reason why DC rents are so high is because the property owners here know they can take advantage of the high percentage of transients.
 

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by le sonick:
  rent sucks.
 
 its just throwing your money away.  
 
 and no one can argue with that.

How is it throwing your money away? It's putting a roof over your head isn't it?
 
 You can currently pay a mortgage and watch your property drop in value, like most people do these days, or pay rent and invest the difference in a profit making investment. [/b]