Advantages to Owning a Home vs. Renting!

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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ โ€œ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญโ€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .

2019: โ€œIโ€™m waiting for the market to crash.โ€

2020: โ€œPandemic! See? I was right!โ€

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2021: โ€œPrices are insane. Iโ€™ll wait.โ€

2022: โ€œRates are too high. Iโ€™ll wait.โ€

2023: โ€œStill too expensive.โ€

2024: โ€œNew administration coming inโ€ฆโ€

2025: Still renting. Still waiting.

Meanwhileโ€ฆ the โ€œpanic buyersโ€ of 2019:

โ€ข Their homes are worth ~ $95,000 more

โ€ข Theyโ€™ve built 6 years of equity

โ€ข Theyโ€™re not paying rent

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ โ€œ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐กโ€ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซโ€ฆ

Even if prices drop 15% $417k โ†’ $354k

Thatโ€™s still $32k higher than 2019.

Youโ€™re still behind.

And when prices do drop?

Every โ€œpatientโ€ buyer floods the market

That $354k house gets 15 offers

Bidding war pushes it to $375k

You waited 6 years โ€ฆ to overpay anyway.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:

Appreciation youโ€™ll never recover

Equity youโ€™ll never build

Rent youโ€™ll never get back

Stop building someone elseโ€™s wealth.

Make 2026 the year you finally get your piece of the pie.

If you want to know more about purchasing a home in 2026, please reach out to me.

Sandy Herrick

ReeceNichols

913-205-4333