To leave or not to leave. Is it time for me to upgrade my life?

[Anonymous]

Current situation rent is great and I've been living at this place since 2017. I haven't had any personal issues really up until now. Neighbor below me is overweight, loud , and obnoxious. Constantly hear her through the walls beating up her boyfriend and envious of me saying I'm a man snatched trying to take her man. Mind you he's unhealthy and unattractive too. So she's been keeping drama. The type of people they're moving in is a bit concerning, they are at pool after hours loud, you could smell weed, will leave food on the ground, speed in a 15mph, dog off leash. It's like they have no home training. Things have been fixed though so I hope it last.

I'd like to be around people who have as much to lose as I do. More professional people like myself. So I plan on moving. If your rent is an excellent price would you move to a more upscale professional areas where rent is $300 more or stay where you are? I'm at a place in my life where I want to be around better people.

I'd move

I'd stay where you are

Depends

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The pic is the new place I'm interested in

[WindAtMyBack]

Only you can answer this question. Only you can put a value on these types of things.

For myself, I'm a cheap ass. A would not spend 300 more a month unless my current place was really bad and I couldn't find any place better for cheaper. I would not personally spend that much more just to move up.

By not being in a hurry, I've managed to find some places I loved for a very reasonable price. Being in a hurry is not really compatible with getting a good deal. That goes for most things you buy.

You have to assign your own value to everything you buy. Just keep in mind the power of compounding over 30-40 years. 300 a month at your age could make several years difference in your retirement age.

[Asker]

Nothing else is cheaper lol. Rates have gone up everywhere

[WindAtMyBack]

Yea. I haven't checked rental rates where I live lately, but buying has gone way up. This area has never had fast growth for houses in the past. It suddenly started happening a few years ago, for an unexplained reason. I've asked several realtors and none of them seem to now why it suddenly shot up.

[Asker]

Covid and gentrification

[WindAtMyBack]

It was before COVID and this area has never been gentrified.

[Asker]

I dont recall things going up before covid. I seen it during and after. a lot of businesses lost money during and at the peak of covid due to shut downs. The economy is trying to recoup what has been lost by raising cost.

[WindAtMyBack]

Prices here had a sharp increase here the year before COVID hit. My brother was looking for a retirement condo that year and there were bidding wars driving prices higher than asking price. Prices increased 20% or more in just a couple of months. The same was happening with houses.

I already owned a house, so the effect was a huge tax increase since it's based on market price.

[ElementoP]

I'd stop renting and buy something. Every dollar you spend on a rent is a dollar you'll never get back

I know people say "It's not that easy! No one under 30 can buy a house in this greedy capitalist market!"

Well, don't listen to those people, they're losers. It is that easy and you'll probably pay less than you do for rent and actually have something to show for it

[Asker]

I rent by choice. I like the fact I can leave whenever. On top of that a home isn't really yours until it's paid off

[Guy13]

Hyperinflation is too hard to move. I wish that you would… Assets Managers should not be in Marketing cause this advertisement sucks 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Asker]

I love this advertisement it looks beautiful the water

[slatyb]

That depends on my total income. I would likely move. It's worth $10/day to have peace.

[Anonymous]

I like how your neighbor’s weight bothers you. 😂 👌

[Asker]

🤣 I can hear her choking in her sleep because she's overweight, she takes 10minutes to get up the stairs and sweating and breathing hard, then I seen her outside hanging over her car eating a bucket of 20 piece wings kfc sweating. She's loud and rude too