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5 Reasons Owning is Always Better than Renting

Jessica Bordelon Mashael
4 min readOct 1, 2019

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No shade on those in a renter’s situation for now.

We all need to rent for a time in our life. Ownership is great but not always feasible. But, as soon as you can, you really need to own your space and here’s 5 reasons why:

1. The Freedom

You don’t have to ask permission to paint a wall or update the appliances. You can hang new curtains and art without worrying about the little holes in the wall. You can grow food freely in a garden, even indoors if you don’t have a yard. You can use part of the space as a business, have tax write offs, rent out part of the space for extra income (without having to hide it from your landlord) and so much more.

You get to utilize all the benefits of your space and no one call tell you s***.

2. It’s cheaper.

When we rent, we are paying someone’s mortgage, insurances and taxes, plus putting profits in their account. After all, if you are an investor, your goal is profit. With that in mind, when you own your space, you don’t have to pay anyone else profit. You just take care of your…

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Jessica Bordelon Mashael
Jessica Bordelon Mashael

Written by Jessica Bordelon Mashael

I am all the stuff of Millenials — Multitasker, Hustler, Unapologetic, Humanitarian. I write about Growth: wealth, relationships, spirituality and more. :-)

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