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Rent money is dead money

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  • tod123
    tod123 Posts: 7,021 Forumite
    Procrastinator333 wrote: »
    Your kindness knows no bounds!

    I can see you are chomping at the bit , but take a step back and a deep breath
  • Procrastinator333
    Procrastinator333 Posts: 1,694 Forumite
    tod123 wrote: »
    I can see you are chomping at the bit , but take a step back and a deep breath

    So much so that it is time for bed. Good luck with the trolling.
  • tod123
    tod123 Posts: 7,021 Forumite
    I'm glad he has gone, very set in his negative ways!

    Lets get you all out of rented and into homes yes!
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    tod123 wrote: »
    No, you are simply not realising your potential

    Really? You think so little of me that the best I can achieve, in your eyes, is to buy a house? I have a degree, a Masters, can play six instruments and speak four languages but according to you, my life will remain incomplete until I have bought a house.

    If you care about it that much, sell me your place at a knock down price.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    FTBFun wrote: »
    Life Insurance is dead money.

    The money I paid into a life policy on late-nearly-ex was definitely not dead money. Not that I want to view his death in purely financial terms, but the cold hard facts of that life policy are that after about 8 years I got back about 80 times as much money as I'd put in.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
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  • tod123
    tod123 Posts: 7,021 Forumite
    ViolaLass wrote: »
    Really? You think so little of me that the best I can achieve, in your eyes, is to buy a house? I have a degree, a Masters, can play six instruments and speak four languages but according to you, my life will remain incomplete until I have bought a house.

    If you care about it that much, sell me your place at a knock down price.

    You can't live in a hobby hun!
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    I'm not trying to - I'm living in a rented flat. My 'hobbies' are not supposed to provide me with shelter in the same way that I imagine you have not tried to eat your house for supper.
  • adindas
    adindas Posts: 6,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Where did you get it from ?

    ADINDAS
    tod123 wrote: »
    • statistics show that property doubles in value over 10years
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! PPI Party Pooper
    ViolaLass wrote: »
    I'm not trying to - I'm living in a rented flat. My 'hobbies' are not supposed to provide me with shelter in the same way that I imagine you have not tried to eat your house for supper.

    :rotfl:

    Maybe tod lives in a gingerbread house Viola;).
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  • toby3000
    toby3000 Posts: 316 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    tod123 wrote: »
    Us owners need to look at how we can use our experience in the markets, to get renters on the housing ladder

    How about you sell your house and share the proceeds with some of us poor unfortunate souls? then we can spend it on a deposit (or a holiday, depending on our mood!)
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