renting Archives - Empathic Finance

The Buy/Rent Calculator tells it like it is

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on May 27, 2024 | Featured

The New York Times calculator showing whether to rent or buy a home is more cost-effective has a lot of wisdom, even with unhappy news. … Read More

Tags: home ownership, New York Times, renting

How to build wealth while being a renter

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on October 30, 2023 | Featured

Not everyone can or should buy or own a home, and that’s okay, because you can still build wealth as a renter. … Read More

Tags: apartments, rent, renting

Eviction in the pandemic: Owning versus renting

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 7, 2020 | Featured

There is a big difference in how quickly eviction can occur for renters versus owners when dealing with non-payment of rent or mortgage. The to-rent-versus-to-own issue when it comes to housing is a tough one. And that’s assuming you have … Read More … Read More

Tags: eviction, home ownership, mortgage, pandemic, rent, renting

On being kicked out of my apartment, or Nothing is unexpected

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 21, 2015 | Featured

Have you ever rented a place, and been very comfortable there, only to receive a voicemail message from your landlord that started like this: “I don’t know how to say this to you, but I just wanted to say … Read More … Read More

Tags: apartments, home, moving, owning, renting

On cultural programming, or why a home is not necessarily a house

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on August 28, 2014 | Featured

While writing why you probably can’t afford to buy a home, I found myself subconsciously substituting the word “house” for the word “home.” That article, one of the longest I’ve ever written for this site, has the word “home” … Read More … Read More

Tags: assumptions, cities, culture, home, house, owning, renting, urbanization

How working for someone else is like renting

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on February 27, 2014 | Featured

I like finding connections between seemingly disparate aspects of our lives. And while thinking about the self-employment-versus-working-for-others issue, I realized that there is an interesting and unlikely connection between the type of job you have and whether you rent … Read More … Read More

Tags: jobs, owning, renting, self-employment, work

Why renting is better than owning

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 20, 2012 | Featured

I was taught that everyone should eventually own a home. Actually, like so many of these cultural imperatives, I didn’t so much learn this as much it was absorbed into my head through some kind of osmosis. Owning is … Read More … Read More

Tags: apartments, houses, moving, New York City, owning, Portland, renting

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