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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ Jan 27

    WSJ reporter Ryan Dezember bought a $137,500 home​ in late 2005​. ​Then the housing crisis hit, starting a surreal decade that included hours spent on the phone with the bank and renters stealing washing machines.http://on.wsj.com/2GmK2dT 

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      2. Beto Believer  🌊 🎃 👻‏ @dallaspamela53 Mar 3
        Replying to @WSJ

        I only rent houses for so many reasons: 1. One call to landlord sorts out all repairs/upkeep for free. 2. I'm next to obnoxious neighbors? It's for a yr, not for 'life'. 3. I want to move out of state, I don't have to worry about selling home, etc etc

        9 replies 5 retweets 73 likes
      3. Meg-not-Megan McCormick‏ @megster67 Mar 6
        Replying to @dallaspamela53 @WSJ

        I was a homeowner for 22 years and sold my last one a year ago, after plowing $$$ into it to update it. Am renting now and may never buy a house again. This part of the "American Dream" is not universally beneficial.

        12 replies 8 retweets 127 likes
      4. Beto Believer  🌊 🎃 👻‏ @dallaspamela53 Mar 6
        Replying to @megster67 @WSJ

        It truly isn't. I have had people tell me I'm throwing my $$ away. What about interest on a 30 yr mortg and prop taxes and home repairs and general upkeep/updates and on and on. The main reason for me? It's a very expensive anchor.

        13 replies 5 retweets 96 likes
      5. Meg-not-Megan McCormick‏ @megster67 Mar 6
        Replying to @dallaspamela53 @WSJ

        Same. I moved to a rental that costs the same as my mortgage payment. BUT I don't have to pay for upkeep and maintenance. And, the current place turns out not to be ideal, so I can move when my lease is up. Feels GREAT.

        5 replies 8 retweets 59 likes
      6. Ina Winona Tanka‏ @LadyLiberty1491 Mar 7
        Replying to @megster67 @dallaspamela53 @WSJ

        We lived in a place for a little more than a year that was fully maintained—they changed the air filters monthly & even changed your lightbulbs as needed. Plus, a gym, pool & underground parking. It was fabulous! I’d do it again if I didn’t have kids & dogs who need a yard.

        3 replies 2 retweets 37 likes
      7. Meg-not-Megan McCormick‏ @megster67 Mar 7
        Replying to @LadyLiberty1491 @dallaspamela53 @WSJ

        That is what I aspire to!

        4 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      8. Matt‏ @CriticFromAfar Mar 14
        Replying to @megster67 @LadyLiberty1491 and

        Moving has to be the literal worst, unless you’re spartan about it?

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      9. Ina Winona Tanka‏ @LadyLiberty1491 Apr 11
        Replying to @CriticFromAfar @megster67 and

        No doubt. Last year, we moved one state to another and hired movers to pack and haul everything. Thought we had it made, but they packed boxes crazily (lightbulbs falling out of bedding, stuff from more than one room mixed). Never again! Next move I will pack my own crap!

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. Robyn‏ @R0bynAnn Mar 2
        Replying to @WSJ

        Happened to us too, only our renters stole new air conditioners. We were stuck.

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. Gray Taylor‏ @grayotaylor Mar 5
        Replying to @R0bynAnn @WSJ

        Mine melted down microwave, burned the kitchen counter, stopped paying for propane and used space heaters, locked dogs in study to destroy carpet, bedroom doors broken off hinges - all told, $30k in damage in a house that lost $300k in value. Renters are so nice... not

        6 replies 3 retweets 25 likes
      4. Kim Baugh‏ @kbaugh12 Mar 8
        Replying to @grayotaylor @R0bynAnn @WSJ

        One of my renters has been in one of my homes for 9 years! I have had really good luck with renters so far.

        4 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
      5. Gray Taylor‏ @grayotaylor Mar 8
        Replying to @kbaugh12 @R0bynAnn @WSJ

        You are lucky. Do everything you can to keep them! I would easily give up $500 more in rent per month for someone with a conscience and soul.

        3 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      6. Kim Baugh‏ @kbaugh12 Mar 8
        Replying to @grayotaylor @R0bynAnn @WSJ

        I give them a 10% discount on rent because of this and because they have the rent direct deposited from their employer. They are good people.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      7. RvLeshrac‏ @RvLeshrac Apr 18
        Replying to @kbaugh12 @grayotaylor and

        Turns out that when you treat tenants right, they treat you right. Maintain the place, and they'll help keep it maintained. Delay a repair, and they wonder why they're bothering to work to keep the place up.

        4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      8. Gray Taylor‏ @grayotaylor Apr 18
        Replying to @RvLeshrac @kbaugh12 and

        I paid his utility bill of $1700 because he didn't. Dead of winter and he was out of fuel. I guess I didn't treat him right... No, the article, if you read it, talks about people like me who paid their bills, despite assholes like this.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      9. End of conversation
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      2. Drew‏ @curbcrusher Mar 3
        Replying to @WSJ

        Why are you promoting this article to my timeline if I can't read it? Waste of money.

        1 reply 2 retweets 69 likes
      3. Drew‏ @curbcrusher Mar 5
        Replying to @curbcrusher @WSJ

        I can't read the article thanks to your paywall, yet you continue to force this ad upon me several times daily. This is how you end up blocked.

        1 reply 3 retweets 71 likes
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      2. Wendy Ramallo‏ @1MamaRama Mar 5
        Replying to @WSJ

        My question is - where the hell in the Country can you buy and actual home for 137,000? Where there is simultaneously a job market to support it? Asking for a friend in California, and New York and Massachusetts🙄

        45 replies 1 retweet 79 likes
      3. Mike R‏ @I_am_Mutated Mar 6
        Replying to @1MamaRama @WSJ

        Haha Moved from NY to NJ.. Then, when I really grew up and wanted a house, I said no way in hell I'm gonna be a sucker paying almost $10,000/yr in taxes and 1.5 yrs ago moved South.... Now, acre of land, house, pool, stars and trees and only $800/yr taxes LOL..

        3 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
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