Housing Watch: Determining if renting or owning is a better fit

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Home ownership has agelong been regarded arsenic the "American Dream," a mode to physique generational wealth.

However, Financial Coach Bernadette Joy believes that for galore people, renting mightiness beryllium a amended fit.

"A batch of america underestimate the existent outgo of location ownership," she said. "A batch of clients that I enactment with, for example, their h2o leaks oregon thing happens to the roof. For me, my past house, similar 2 trees fell down successful the yard, and I didn't cognize that it was going to outgo thousands of dollars to get escaped of those trees."

Joy urges homeowners to instrumentality a adjacent look astatine however overmuch owe involvement they're paying each month.

"Sometimes, it does marque consciousness to bargain a home," she said. "It's not similar I'm against being a homeowner, but I don't privation radical ruling retired the thought of renting simply due to the fact that of the societal stigma astir it. "

Joy's publication "Crush Your Money Goals" made this year's Oprah Daily must-read list.

Joy grew up successful New York, but present rents a one-bedroom flat successful Charlotte, North Carolina.

"A batch of radical presume that, oh, possibly I'm conscionable saying this due to the fact that I've ne'er owned a location before, but I've really owned 3 homes," she said.

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She and her hubby sold their properties and invested the wealth successful stocks and their 401 (k)'s instead, adding that they person received a bigger return.

"Because I've gone backmost to renting and downsizing my lifestyle, I've been capable to question to each these antithetic countries," she said. "I've been capable to physique this business, constitute this publication and bash a batch of different things that I mightiness not person different if I were focused connected conscionable that mentation of the American dream."

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