Amazing “Is It Better to Rent or Buy?” Calculator

I put in the values for my area and found that a landlord would have to pay me $9,503 a month to come out ahead ( over 30 years )

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This does not really work in the bay area. Rent is too damn high here. This probably works better in the Central Valley or Fly over states