"Renting Is Throwing Money Away" — Is It Though?
The line you've heard your whole life about renting doesn't hold up the way most people think. Homeowners spend over $21,000 per year in costs beyond their mortgage, and Robert Shiller's century of home price data puts real appreciation at just 0.2% annually after inflation. Meanwhile, an $80,000 down payment invested instead grows to around $172,000 in 10 years. Buying isn't always wrong — but the full picture looks very different from the headline. The long form video on the channel runs every number on both sides. So more videos on the Right way to invest here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2jXMPlHWHk See the long form video here: https://youtu.be/HEbV9kAosHk
About Robert Shiller
Robert James Shiller (born March 29, 1946) is an American economist, academic, and author. As of 2022, he served as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was vice president of the American Economic Association in 2005, its president for 2016, and president of the Eastern Economic Association for 20...
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