10 places where renting a home beats buying

[KentuckyWoman]

7. Or anyplace else you don't want the responsibility of home ownership.

Some people should never own a home. Look at the interior of someone's car before letting them buy a house in the city or suburbia. Even someone driving a beater should be keeping it clean and tidy. I'm not talking meticulous car worshiper here..... just neat and tidy. If the car looks like it hasn't been waxed or vacuumed since it came off the showroom floor and the windows are so filthy you wonder how they can see out then they'll do the same thing to a house. You can bet it won't be year before the poison ivy overgrowing their house and yard will be a menace in the whole neighborhood.

The worst are the slobs who think it's still the 1930s and they should hoard all the trash and dead cars and appliances in the back yard (or worse the front porch). It's one thing out in the country... but in the city or suburban area it's just rude.

Those people should rent.

And yes I'm a judgmental witch in this regard. I'm an accountant that does a lot of real estate work. I've seen what people who don't want the responsibilities of home ownership do to neighborhoods.

So there