# Interesting take on the Rent Vs Buy Dilemma

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**Created:** [September 5, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-take-on-the-rent-vs-buy-dilemma/34915 "2007-09-05T21:41:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interesting-take-on-the-rent-vs-buy-dilemma/34915/4 "2007-09-06T05:18:49Z")

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make your first home a duplex. get rent from a tenant and suddenly the amount you pay on your mortgage is the amount, if not less, than what you paid when you used to rent.

gain equity, buy another home, rent out both sides of the duplex, succeed at life

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