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omega_x3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m at least 30 years from $0 lol.

  It’s funny how my net worth was higher when I was renting than it is now that I’m a homeowner that bought 18 months ago.

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  • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah but now you have a concrete asset on which you’re gaining equity.

    Before you were getting nothing for all that money you spent on rent. Now you’re getting equity for it.

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I know this will likely change as time goes on, but so far I’ve lost value and I’m under water by about 10% according to what I can suss out of the market value. And, my mortgage is 2.5x what I could be paying in rent most anywhere else in the region, which is its own stressor yannow. Everything is just a bit wonky right now.

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      • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have no debts, 10k in savings, and I live in a van 🙃

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  • Asifall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are you not counting your house as an asset when calculating net worth?

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m underwater right now since interest rates jumped right after I bought. So no.

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      • PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You went with a variable rate? Are you insane? At least rates will drop in the next 3 years.

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      • Asifall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why would you expect that to take 30 years to get back to $0 though?

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Net worth literally means assets minus liabilities.

      If you have a mortgage that isn’t at least 50% paid off you probably have a negative net worth, while a renter without other debts will have a positive worth.

      The accumulation of equity compared to the complete loss of value to renting is a different discussion.

      This discrepancy, btw, is why people accuse Trump of being a fake billionaire, because his liabilities exceed his assets, thus his begging for cash from the gullibles.

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      • Jmdatcs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        TF you taking about? You use the whole price of the asset for net worth. If your mortgage is $1 less than what you would get from selling it that’s +$1 to your net worth.

        If you’re house sells for 500k after expenses and you owe 300k you don’t just get the 200k and still owe 300k.

        My house is worth ~1.8mm and I owe ~140k, that’s +1.66mm to my net worth. Even if I owed 1mm, I’d have +800k.

        Unless the house is worth less than you owe, having a mortgage on your house isn’t a negative to your net worth.

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• Evilsmiley@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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