225 – Renting Versus Buying For 2024
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Is it better to rent or buy in 2024? Here are a first-time home buyer's tips on the pros and cons of renting versus buying for you in this episode. The average home price is around $400,000 today, with an average size of 1800 square feet. If you think you can't afford the mortgage because you live paycheck to paycheck, David Sidoni has a tip for you. The way Pedro did in the previous episode, you can still buy a home with zero down payment. Don't burden yourself with paying your rent forever. Think long-term and learn from this discussion!
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| 0:00.0 | Rent sucks. High mortgage interest rates suck and high home prices suck. So what do you do? |
| 0:08.4 | All this sucking makes me think of the face that you make when you suck on something sour like a lemon. |
| 0:13.0 | So here comes my cheesy dad comment. Your landlord and the housing market are a big bucket of lemons. |
| 0:21.4 | So let's figure out how to make some lemonade. |
| 0:25.1 | Okay, fine. |
| 0:26.2 | Play the music. |
| 0:52.1 | Okay. Hey, homies, a quick interruption before I start the episode because I have some majorly exciting news, the How to Buy a Home podcast, and me, your host, David Sidoni, we're going on the road. |
| 0:55.4 | Come and get your questions about home buying answered from me directly, live and in person. And our first stop is Dallas, Texas. Yeah, baby, it only |
| 1:02.3 | took me five years, but the unicorns are finally bringing me out on the road, and I'm going to be |
| 1:06.6 | live in Dallas on Monday, April 1st. And no, this is not an April Fool's joke. |
| 1:11.4 | This is real. |
| 1:12.2 | This is legit. |
| 1:12.9 | I am literally used correctly coming to Dallas for a live event on Monday, April 1st. |
| 1:19.0 | It's free and there'll even be some refreshments out there so you can save some money on dinner because I know you're all on a budget trying to save up for a down payment and closing costs. |
| 1:27.6 | To get the information, email info at how to buy a home.com, put Dallas in the subject. |
| 1:33.3 | That's info like information. |
| 1:36.4 | Info at how to buy a home.com put Dallas in the subject. |
| 1:40.2 | We're taking the revolution to the people. |
| 1:42.2 | It is time to discuss the new rules for how to buy a home in 2024. |
| 1:47.6 | And guess what? |
| 1:48.6 | I'm actually going to stick around in Dallas. |
| 1:50.2 | And if you can't make it or you're not in Dallas the next day, Tuesday, April 2nd, me and J.T., |
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