Constant Questions

[spotty_dog]

I'm just glad renting can make sense too.

Um...of course it can! For a whole lot of families it's the best financial choice in any market but especially this stagnant and depressed one. We rented until the end of residency and I'm grateful every day that we did.

Now is the time to be getting in the habit of making financially responsible choices. Live within your means insofar as you can. Here's a post from White Coat Investor that's geared toward pre-meds and med students (and their families): http://www.theherocomplex.com/?p=510

[DCJenn]

Just catching up but having been just one of many members on this board saddled with TWO house payments because one didn't sell, my vote is rent when you're in an unstable situation. We bought ONLY because it was the height of the market in 2006 and no one was renting homes and we had a dog. We couldn't find anything. (and even then, if we hadn't had the dog, the rents were ridiculous)

We had three years of dealing with finding renters, property management long distance, appliance repairs and even now I'm paying a loan to redo the bathroom for a house I no longer own. It's super super special.

J.