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should we or should we not rent the house help us decide...pro/con list?
My family just gave up looking for a house to rent and 10 seconds after making that decision we got a call saying these people would love us to rent to rent there home. It has a yard, is 3 bedrooms 2 bath. It needs some work but they knocked off $50 a month off our rent and will buy all the supplies if my husband does the work (he does some construction). We have a 2 year old and a 4 month old and our 2 year loves being outside but we live in an apartment with no where for him to play, plus our neighborhood isnt the greatest. so will u help us decide: Pros: son would have somewhere to play, better neighborhood, not an apartment, larger kitchen/living room, closer to my parents, 25 miles closer to a larger city (where we frequently shop), the college I want to go to is 20 minutes away (vs. the 45-60 minutes where we live now), I would be able to find a night job easier, and we could eventually rent to own this home. Cons: My husband would have to commute to his work (40 miles), we would have to find a new church, we would be leaving friends and my grandma, gas prices (for commuting), new house is close to busy street (but we can put a fence up), less family time during weekdays, rent is higher, I will have to transfer paper work stuff to a new city, will be living in a smaller town but closer to a larger city, and the roads sometimes get closed between where we would be living and where my husband works. Please tell me what u think or what u would do....
2 months ago - 2 answers
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Well if the roads close and your husband can't get to work he won't make money, that is a long commute too to work every day for him. But it seems their are more pros than cons. I would find somewhere closer to where your husband works, its what I would do anyway. I rather be closer to where my husband works because after I finish college for childrens education, because I'm most likely not going to get a job and be a stay at home mom, which is what he suggested I do.
by Kate
2 months ago
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It sounds to me like underneath the pros and cons you actually like the idea of taking this house (on a couple of the cons you mentioned counter-arguments). Based on what you've said here, I'd recommend following your instincts, which sound to me like a move is in order. Sometimes change is what's needed, even if it's not the best change you could make, you're still moving forward in life, and that very action of taking a step allows God to steer you in the right direction. If you don't take any action, He doesn't have much to work with (because of our free will). (I hope you don't mind me bringing God into it, you mentioned church so I thought it would be ok). One thing to think about - depending on how much work needs doing on the house, $50 reduction in rent per month doesn't seem like a lot, although you're a better judge of that since you've seen it. Might be worth quoting them on the specific tasks and hours it would take and how much money they'll be saving by not having to hire someone.....
by Celestial365- 2 months ago