I thought this was a cool rent vs. buy calculator.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html?_r=2
Apparently it was better for us to rent than buy. It is probably right... my house seems like a money shredder sometimes! 
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For us it says buying was better! There is 0 chance we could get a place even half as nice as where we live now for the money they said we'd need to rent for.
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That is really cool-thanks for sharing. . We are still getting a deal with buying. The one item that caused a big loss was maintenance but I guess I should expect that.
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This is cool. Thx for sharing!
We just bought the house we are planning on staying in for a long time. But sometimes my DH talks about selling (since the market is so nuts) and renting, but I think that is a crazy idea. This calc helps to make some sense of what he is saying. (But we are still not selling, ha!)
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This is cool. For our particular situation, buying was better since rental costs are high where we live. But the difference is small, just $200 a month anyway, so buying and renting are really almost the same----the only thing that would make buying come out on top would be if we make a decent profit when we sell. And that's all in the timing.
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Buy!
I don't really know many places that you can get a three bedroom for less than $1,000 per month.
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