Willing to live in a rented house for all your life?

one of my considerations is not to be rented house rents a very expensive home, better, the money paid rent, I tube to buy a house later.

At present, I am renting an apartment. I have been renting for 4 years now. Of course, I do not wish to rent a house till my lifetime. I still dream to have my own house. O know this is for temporary. I want to save money for my house.

I am not prepared to live in a rented house for good. I know many people would opt for such a choice and now in the US with current house prices being belly up its cheaper for them to rent than to buy. I feel having your own place provides that sense of security, you can change things, paint rooms the color you want and grow whatever fruit you desire without someone having to say yes or no. I can't stress enough that buying a house without having the money is not a smart move and really not going to help anyone in the future, only spend what you can afford.

Hi ktosea! I think it's everybody's dream to have their own house someday. Having this dream means I won't be contented in renting a house for the rest of my life. Its so expensive to pay that monthly rental and once I'm already retired, it will be a big problem where I would get the money just to pay the rental. As soon as I can afford to own a house, I would grab it. Our house could be our greatest investment in life that will never go to waste. Some even have their own strategies just have their own house especially Chinese people living in our country. Most of them invest first on their business and that business would their home at the same time. As the business grows, then they will expand their business and so was their home until they can already afford to build their own house separately from their business building. This is why most of us considered Chinese to be the most intelligent in running their business and handling their own money. There are also lots of programs now in our country to help citizens have their own houses like long term payments. So instead of renting for the rest of your life, you could avail to one of these programs and pay the monthly bills for almost the same price as you were renting. The only difference is that the house would be totally yours after paying for 30 years or more depending on the program that you availed. So its like after renting a house for 30 years, it would already be yours. Oh by the way, I'm a male. (Obviously from the picture. hehe!)

hi ktosea! entering marriage life is not that easy. there were lots of factors to be considered. both you and your partner should be financially, emotional and physical stable. so before entering into that status, study ourselves if we are prepared. about your question, hmmm, i cant blame those couple, who rent a house to live in. maybe because, they still not equipped financially to build a home that they can call their own. building up a house is not that easy, you buy a lot, and lot of things to build it. or let also say that they where living there because its near their workplace, school of their children or its accessible to live to. yeah, practically speaking renting a house is a pain in the budget, but it is still how they will manage and balance their financial indeed. :)

Of course not. Anyone will wish to have their own house. Sometimes not just an ordinary house. It should have a big garden, a pool and many more.

I don't think I will allow myself to live in a rented house for the rest of my life. I know that having a house is really expensive and it takes a lot of time to earn the money I need to buy a house buy I want to have my own house in the future.

I already have my own house, now I just have to pay it off LOL

The desire to have their own home would always be there. But if it is not able to and should stay at home rented, not a problem for me. I just have to keep trying to buy a house, so no need to hire again.

People who like to live in rented houses for life- for me- are people who lack drive, ambition, the will to reach higher goals, defeatest, easily succumb to pressure and challenges, contented of eating dusts of other people so to speak. They are the kind that are contented with remnants while they snore in bed because the best have already been taken by early-risers.

I would of course prefer owning my own house, but I don't think it would be the end of the world in any way if I had to rent a house or property either. There are some advantages to renting you know! But if I can, I will definitely buy a house!

No, I won't. With the amount of money thrown into paying of rent, I can save them up over the years to buy myself a brand new house. Rent is suitable for temporary shelter and not permanently. One can only the cost involve and by renting, we will always be under the mercy of landlords. They can chase us out anytime if a better offer comes in for them. If not, those greedy landlords would increase our rents every now and then to keep their pockets full. There are so many disadvantages to rented houses and it's not worth the money spent.

I'm a female, and was starting to get engaged with my bf. Of course everyone wants to have their own cozy house no matter how small it is, they can arrange the house as they wish, put all their things in without worrying about the troublesome of moving house, they can enjoy their intimacy without being distrubed by neighbours living in the next room. Currently we are living in a rented apartment shared with 2 other couples and 2 other singles. Totally 8 people sharing one apartment! Oh my god, u don't know the anxiety when waiting for bathrooms or using the kitchen. I rarely cook 'cause I can't get the chance to go into it and cool for an hour. Others will get angry. You need to keep quiet in the late evening, otherwise, the others will complain. Though we're living and working in the metropolis city right now, we've suffered a lot. we're planning to go back to our relatively remote hometown to buy a house which is affordable and go back in several years after we pay off the house lan. from waazula.com

Its really a popular question now days, I have this idea for long time, but finally I give up this thing. the reason is on my future girlfriend, I must provide her steady living horse, its my duty and one of she will marry me basic physical conditions. for the work and find job I must endure to live in a rented house for a long time, and my girlfriend is even living with me, we still keep happy every day, but I must give her a glory wedding, don't let her family's look down upon, if by myself it does not matter at all, but I am a good man, have duty to her.

Wow, your this discussion is so popular and I can see you have received lots of responses already. If it is possible, it is better to own a house rather than living in a rented house all the time. Because I am afraid one day the rental fee will be increased and I may be forced to move the house now and then. It is very troublesome. And according to our concept, we need a house to settle down. So we will feel security and we have to move around. I love China

I am a male, and I am still living under my parent's roof. Yeah, I felt shame and I am still have debt burden on my shoulder. I wish that I can start some business and making big bucks too. But it was just a dream. Hey, if you have a goal, why not go after it right? I will not rent a house for my whole life, I will try anything and work harder to get my own house.

i'm a girl... and i don't want to spend the rest of my life renting. i want to have a house owned by me and my husband. simply because its much better and you'll know at the end of the day that you are safe in your home that no one can tell you to leave it just because... also its best that you have your own so that your daughter or son will inherit a house and if in case you'll be gone you know that they have a house where they can stay

I think that it's dangerous to live in a rented house - what happens if one day you lose your job and you can't pay the rent? A friend of mine lost her home years ago and she has troubles all the time. But if I had a good fortune wouldn't buy a very big house, I'd rather spend money for travelling.

well, that is the case when the woman has no any other options...me and my family have been renting our home for the past twenty years. because we are living in the city, and we didn't own an inch of land to build our house on.my dad's income is just enough for our daily needs. and here in our country, applying for a house loan requires much that is beyond our financial capacity, so that's why we have to endure renting a house to live in.

I think if you asked me this question 10 years ago I probably would have given a totally different answer, 10 years ago I would of said yes its one of the main goals in life to get on the property ladder so you can "better" yourself, that and getting promoted and suitably qualified in your chosen career. But stuff happens. My husband has lost his job and Im working all the hours to keep the "mortgaged" roof over our head. Do you know what though, if the worst comes to the worst and we lose the house and have to go back to rented accommodation then so be it. At least ive got my health back and most importantly ive got a good strong family. Life is like a roller coaster, were just going down at the moment!