Do you pay rent?

@dya80dya (36579)
October 18, 2022 4:28am CST
I live with my parents. I am lucky because I don't have to pay rent. But as soon as I will be able I would like to live with a stranger. The rent is very expensive. Where I live people prefer to buy houses. Here few people pay rent. Do you pay rent? Do you move out often? I think that paying rent can be stressful if we don't have enough money.
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@manandez (24)
• Petropolis, Brazil
18 Oct 22
We still pay rent but we are about to buy an apartment and get away from renting. You are so much right: paying rent is stressful and sometimes, when the landlord doesn't help much, it becomes even worse. There is a movement in here for not buying houses/apartment anymore because the financing process is too expensive and taxes are too hig that it is better to pay rent until we die than buy a house. I don't know if I agree with it, or not, but one thing is for sure: whenever we have an apartment many problems will be solved and we will be free to enjoy a little bit of life we deserve after all these years of hard work.
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Oct 22
I have owned homes but I live in an apartment because I don’t have to pay taxes and all upkeep is done by the owners neither do I have a yard to keep up. I also have the use of two pools and a gym that’s included in my rent.
@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
Yes. I hope you can get that apartment soon. My brother pays rent and it's not easy. Here it is the opposite. Most people own apartments.
@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
18 Oct 22
We paid rent for many years, but now we own our house.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
This is good. Paying rent is not easy.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
20 Oct 22
@dya80dya The rent goes up almost every year. It is better to have a mortgage and pay every month, it's like paying a rent, but at the end the house is yours.
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
18 Oct 22
Yes, we do pay rent. My husband and I rent the place we live.
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
21 Oct 22
@dya80dya Oh absolutely! If we could save for a down payment and all that, we would absolutely buy a house.
@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
Would you buy a house if you could afford it?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Oct 22
I live in our own house and thank God I never had to pay rent, the only downside of owning your own house is here we need to pay real estate tax yearly that increases based on improvements made on the property like extensions and additions.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
You are lucky. Many people can't afford a house.
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@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
18 Oct 22
I do pay rent but I share the place with family. It is not cheap to rent here. I would prefer to buy, but that is not possible at this time. And when you actually own a place, there are lots of repairs to make with lots of money. I wish you luck in being able to find a place with a room mate if you want.
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• Arvada, Colorado
23 Oct 22
@dya80dya Yes too right. Hope you are doing okay Diana.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
Thank you. Yes, all repairs need to be done by owners, and painting the house and many others.
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@dya80dya (36579)
24 Oct 22
@RebeccasFarm Unfortunately I am not doing okay.
@josie_ (10034)
• Philippines
18 Oct 22
Rent takes a big portion of the family budget. I'm grateful that we no longer have to worry about this expense.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
It is a big expense.
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@jstory07 (139470)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Oct 22
We own our house and I am glad about that. Rent is very high.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
Yes. Having your own house is better.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
18 Oct 22
We have always owned our own houses.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
This is good. You are lucky.
@sallypup (60933)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Oct 22
Interesting question. Last night my husband added up all the places that we have lived at since we stopped being in university dorms. Thirteen places, counting our current house. And most of those places we lived in cause we couldn't afford to live anywhere else. Now that we have retired we live in a house that is paid off enitrely. I do need to pay the house and property taxes before the end of this month, though.
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@sallypup (60933)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct 22
@dya80dya You're right. Moving is stressful and in those long gone days, moving cause the landlord said we had to, that was super stressful.
@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
I think it was stressful to change places so often. I can't imagine how stressful it is.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
23 Oct 22
Oh we have the same culture wherein it’s okay to live with parents
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Oct 22
@dya80dya Philippines?
@dya80dya (36579)
27 Oct 22
Where do you live?
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
19 Oct 22
@dya80dya Yes, I do pay rent. I cannot afford to buy or I would. I am not a mover but my cat and I were forced out of the place we lived in before the last place. The place was so small so we moved and now we live in a bigger place but cannot afford it so we will be moving after the year is up. it is very expensive and cannot afford to live here any longer.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
18 Oct 22
I live overseas, yes i have to pay rent to my landlord. I rent a common room with my daughter. We have to pay $600 per month. I have my own house back in my jome country. We had already paid the bank our dues. Hence we dont have to pay installments
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18 Oct 22
We pay the rent. We should move into our apartment next year. The apartment is large and in a good location in my city.
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@Beestring (14516)
• Hong Kong
18 Oct 22
I live in my own apartment. So no need to pay rent.
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@dya80dya (36579)
20 Oct 22
You are lucky. Good for you.
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@Beestring (14516)
• Hong Kong
20 Oct 22
@dya80dya I've worked hard over the years to make money to buy the apartment.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
18 Nov 22
Nope. We pay our utility bills like water, electricity and telephone/ cellphone.