Wow, people, have I jumped into a pool of women-eating sharks? Is everyone subject to this hazing period (as referenced in a PM to me from Rich in Tampa)?
A successful woman makes some of you shudder?? What's up with that? Is this forum filled with male chauvinists? What is the female/male ratio here? I can handle differences of opinion, but not blatant chauvinism and disrespect. I have better things to do with my free time. Please advise. Am I in the wrong place?
A successful woman makes some of you shudder?? What's up with that? Is this forum filled with male chauvinists? What is the female/male ratio here? I can handle differences of opinion, but not blatant chauvinism and disrespect. I have better things to do with my free time. Please advise. Am I in the wrong place?
Ah, the ER Welcome Wagon strikes again.
She's successful, articulate, enthusiastic, full of ideas. Cut her some slack.
She's not the first person to want to share her enthusiasm with a wide audience. Do you guys hold ESRBob to this same scrutiny? The Kaderlis? Nords? Sgeeee? (Oops, bad example.)
Yes, I think we do.
I haven't experienced any gender problems or conflicts here, that I can recall, other than what you seem to be attempting to stir up. I make no secret of being female, and I am quite aware of gender discrimination and do not feel this is a difficult place at all for an intelligent, thoughtful woman to exchange ideas and viewpoints. There may be more men than women here, but for the most part they are intelligent, charming, and have some fascinating ideas and opinions (as are/do the women here!!!)
As to whether or not you are in the wrong place, I think that may depend on what sort of attitude you bring to the forum. So far, the possible tendency towards bragging and towards a lack of interest in learning from others seems to be putting off a lot of people. You seem miffed that nobody is especially impressed. You seem to have little to no interest in any substantive discussion (I suppose that is related to the "learning" issue).
Dex, to be fair, in her blog the $3250 rental house is totally different, and much, much nicer. She uses $1300 as the rental figure for the same $300,000 house.
Maybe that's possible in some markets, but I know for sure you can't rent a $300K house for $1300 in mine.
I'd feel much more comfortable with the blog if the headline was "Renting can beat owning" rather than the black-and-white "Renting beats owning" because I'm pretty certain it wouldn't beat it in my market. Plus a lot of people won't tolerate the risk to get 10% return on their investment.
So maybe the headline should be "Renting beats owning, if you live in a goofy real estate market and are willing to take big chances on your money."
Dex, to be fair, in her blog the $3250 rental house is totally different, and much, much nicer. She uses $1300 as the rental figure for the same $300,000 house.
Maybe that's possible in some markets, but I know for sure you can't rent a $300K house for $1300 in mine.
As a female relative newbie, I would say defiinitely not.Wow, people, have I jumped into a pool of women-eating sharks?
You could here, but you couldn't get an occupancy permit as there would be a hole in the roof and rats running around in the backyard.
$1300/mo would get you a $600,000 waterfront cottage in my area.
Amen. And many enjoy spirited debate!Some of these people have enormous egos, and some have enormous IQs, and some have enormous nest eggs, and many have all three.
$1300/mo would get you a $600,000 waterfront cottage in my area.
Good counteroffensive!Wow, people, have I jumped into a pool of women-eating sharks?
$1300/mo would get you a $600,000 waterfront cottage in my area.
Crappy 2BR apartment near me for $1300, if you are lucky, have a deposit, and no pets.
On checking Craigslist, I found that a house in my neighborhood that would now rent for $1500/month, would cost no more than about $185K.
That doesn't make renting seem like much of a wealth builder to me. Again, these things are REGION SPECIFIC and it's very difficult to generalize.
That implies a cap rate of around 9%. You should buy as many of those as you can find. Forget the stock market.