Renta.com.br - EbookRenta! - 48-Hour Manga Rentals From $1

If the price to rent a house for one year is one-twentieth or less than the cost to buy the home, renting is a better deal. If you are saving money living in an apartment, that money can go toward investments that can give greater dividends than buying a home.

The amount of rent you charge your tenants should be a percentage of your home's market value. Typically, the rents that landlords charge fall between 0.8% and 1.1% of the home's value. For example, for a home valued at $250,000, a landlord could charge between $2,000 and $2,750 each month.

One popular rule of thumb is the 30% rule, which says to spend around 30% of your gross income on rent. So if you earn $2,800 per month before taxes, you should spend about $840 per month on rent. This is a solid guideline, but it's not one-size-fits-all advice.

Rent to own (real estate) ©Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Rent to own homes) Rent to own is a real estate term relating to a real estate agreement which is comprised of a rental lease and a purchase agreement where the tenant has the option to purchase the property at a fixed price at a specified point of time in the future.