Quote from jackherman59:
In neighborhoods all over the nation, "for sale" signs have been sitting around for years. Homes have gone unsold and prices are acelerating to the downside in an obvious "bear market".
Can you sit there and still say that you are a "proud homeowner" with your house rapidly depreciating like a tech stock from 2000? Unlike the tech stocks of 2000, though, you cant just jump on Ameritrade to "cash out". It takes months or years to sell a house now and all that time you have to pay taxes, fees and watch the neighborhood kids vandalize your mailbox.
The "for sale" signs seem to be part of the landscape of America and there is still that army of "proud homeowners"....
This post is obviously written by a have not jealous renter monkey.
There are gangs and gangs of broke non-home owners who somehow could not cash in on the American Dream and never had a roof of their own. They always take refuge under someone else's roof. They own nothing of their own but a car and they keep polishing it every day.
Yes I am a proud owner of real estate. Million dollar digs in the hills with plush comforts, expansive wide spaces, walk in closets, marbled floors, recessed lights. I eat on granite counter tops and enjoy trading options and stocks from various rooms in the house. So much space and unobstructed views of the city at night.
Wish you had the same and lived a life like mine. Real estate has always appreciated in the last 60 years, it ain't a piece of digital blip in your trading account that can be tossed at will. Its a hard tangible asset, provides shelter and a place called your very own.
When I sell IRS gives me a $250,000 or $500,000 tax free ride. Not to mention tons of deductions and other things on my 1040s every year so I keep most of my hard earned cash. Just ask an accountant, what a great tax shelter it can be.
Happy Holiday buy real estate it lasts a lifetime..Congress has been generous to home owners..