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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

When Renting Makes More Sense Than Buying

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Money News Network

Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Today, Nicole unpacks one of her hottest personal finance takes: buying a house is not always an investment. Today, she breaks down the numbers to show when renting makes more sense than buying.

Transcript

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0:00.0

For the holidays, my family and I are headed to Florida to visit my in-laws. It is super important to me that my daughter knows her extended family and has the opportunity to spend time with them. While we're leaving one warm zip code for another, I know we'll still be getting that cozy holiday feeling of being with loved ones. The not-so-cozy part is the cost of flying three people across the country. I know a lot of us are feeling that this time of year. The costs add up fast. That's why I love hosting my home on Airbnb. It's an easy way to bring in some extra income while we're away and that extra cash can help fund our next trip. Let's say you have a big trip planned or are escaping to a warmer part of the world to work from the beach. Why leave your home sitting empty and dark when it could

0:38.5

be making money for you? This year, it's easier than ever to host your home thanks to Airbnb's

0:43.2

co-host network. With the co-host network, you can hire a local co-host to take care of your home

0:48.1

and your guests while you're away. A co-host can do it all. Create your listing, handle check-ins,

0:53.8

provide on-site support, and give you peace of mind that your home and guests are being taken care of while you're away.

1:00.0

So if you've been thinking about hosting but you don't know where to start, find a co-host at Airbnb.com slash host.

1:06.5

I love boba. My go-to-order is black milk tea, 25% sweet, light ice, and brown sugar boba. It's my favorite

1:13.7

afternoon pick me up, but it also meant my wallet was permanently packed with those tiny stamp

1:18.8

cards. I swear I can never finish a single one. The shop would hand me another and tell me,

1:24.2

just combine them. Yet somehow the next time it came time to check out, I'd need to start a new card.

1:29.8

So I almost never get that free boba I'm supposedly working toward.

1:34.4

All that changed when my favorite shop switched to Square and started to use Square's loyalty program.

1:40.4

Suddenly my stamp card was digital and my loyalty was actually being rewarded. While it feels like a

1:45.7

perk for me, it's also a big benefit for the shop. Loyalty customers spend 53% more per visit on

1:51.8

average, but that's not all Square offers. With Square, you can track sales, manage inventory, and

1:57.0

access reports in real time, whether you're in your shop, on the go, or running things solo.

2:03.0

With Square, you get all the tools to run your business with none of the contracts or complexity.

2:08.5

And why wait? Right now, you can get up to $200 off square hardware at SQUA-R-E.com slash go-M-N. That's S-Q-U-A-R-E dot com slash G-O-S-M-N. That's S-Q-U-A-R-E dot com slash G-O-S-M-N. Run your business Smarter with Square.

2:27.1

Get started today.

2:28.7

If you take only one thing away from today's episode, money rehabbers, let it be this.

2:32.6

In my not so humble opinion, public is the best brokerage for investing in bonds, money rehabbers, let it be this. In my not so humble opinion, Public

2:34.6

is the best brokerage for investing in bonds, stocks, ETFs, options, and even crypto. You can try

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