Renting Forever
Building Wealth When You'll Never Own a Home
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Beschreibung
A house is a physical object left outside in the weather, and nature immediately began attempting to reclaim it—just as it does to every homeowner's financial security.
Lansing challenges the deeply ingrained American dream of homeownership by exposing the hidden financial realities of property ownership. Through compelling historical examples—from Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater with its catastrophic structural failures and mounting maintenance costs, to the devastating Houston housing collapse of 1986—the book dismantles the myth of the home as a safe, reliable asset. Rather than viewing homeownership as inevitable wealth-building, Lansing demonstrates how unexpected expenses, market crashes, and deterioration can devastate finances. This book provides renters and prospective homebuyers with a refreshing, data-driven perspective on building genuine wealth through diversified investments instead of betting everything on a single, deteriorating physical asset.
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Hugh Lansing
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