Take Cover: Comparing the Costs of Renting vs Buying Shelter

Put Your Goals First. Choose the Housing that Best Meets Your Needs.

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Are you the type who weighs each decision? In Take Cover you learn the important details necessary to compare costs and benefits of buying a home to your other options. You also learn the risks and responsibilities that go with renting and buying.

If you ask a sales person about these risks and responsibilities:

There are more responsibilities if you own a home. But, there is also more freedom. You can customize your home more than a rental. You can paint the walls as you like. You can replace the flooring, and put holes in the wall to hang pictures.

In a home you own, you don't like the neighbors? There isn't a lease. No landlord will yell at you. I'll help you put your house on the market tomorrow, no questions asked. You don't need permission to move.

But do these freedoms have a cost that goes with them? Are these options also risks? There are many issues to consider.

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