Rent vs. buy calculator

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Should I rent or buy?

We evaluate the decision from a purely financial standpoint. We base the calculations on many assumptions, such as constant home value appreciation rates and constant rental fee increases rates in the future. We assume the user can afford to either buy or rent. We strive to give users the best results possible. However, because our calculator cannot precisely predict the future, the result is an estimate based on input values only.

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