# Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

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**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rent-vs-buy-myths-that-ruined-the-housing-market/45333 "2008-03-20T08:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rent-vs-buy-myths-that-ruined-the-housing-market/45333/12 "2008-03-20T09:59:10Z")

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HAHA one of my friends the other day was telling me about how he thinks it is a bad decision that i am buying a home and tried giving me some of the benefits of renting. My response was “bro… you live in a shoebox, i’ll take my chances.”

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