Rent vs Buy Tools — Property Decision Desk

Side-by-side wealth paths: owning versus renting and investing the difference.

Estimate how many years you must stay for buying to beat renting.

Compare rent 'thrown away' against interest, taxes, and fees owners never recover.

Score a market's price-to-rent ratio against classic buy/rent bands.

Project the portfolio a renter builds by investing the ownership cost gap.

Total the transaction costs of buying and selling every few years.

Compound annual rent hikes to see your rent a decade out.

What that down payment could have earned if it stayed invested.

Put a number on the mobility you give up when you buy.

Compare buying now versus waiting while prices and rates drift.