{"id":2061,"date":"2012-05-28T18:51:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T18:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2017-01-26T19:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:34:06","slug":"why-rent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/why-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Articles on the Benefits of Renting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/2012\/09\/14\/why-its-better-to-rent-than-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why it\u2019s better to rent than buy<\/a> \u2013 business.financialpost.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com\/2011\/12\/14\/when-renting-is-better-than-home-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\">When renting is better than home ownership<\/a> \u2013 givemebackmyfivebucks.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/article\/33638--rental-complex\" target=\"_blank\">Rental complex<\/a> \u2013 canadianbusiness.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LOOK AT THE FACTS&#8230;.<br \/>\n<strong>It might be surprising to find out the many advantages to renting&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/why-rent\/renting-apartment-225x208\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3511 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/renting-apartment-225x208-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"renting-apartment-225x208\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LOWER DOWN PAYMENT &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The number one benefit of renting an apartment is that you don&#8217;t have to save for a large down-payment.\u00a0 When buying a home, you will have to make a deposit of at least 5% of the purchase price.\u00a0 However, when renting an apartment, you only have to make a security deposit equal to half of one month&#8217;s rent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LOWER MONTHLY COST &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>When you buy a home, you have to pay for both the monthly mortgage payment and property taxes.\u00a0 This is more than the rent you would pay if you were a resident..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DON&#8217;T WORRY ABOUT MAINTENANCE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The cost of maintaining a property is paid for by the landlord.\u00a0 Maintenance is a big cost of owning a home, which you can avoid if you become a resident of Langley Apartments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>APPLIANCES ARE FREE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Appliances can be very expensive. \u00a0When you rent an apartment, appliances are included! \u00a0However, if you buy a property then you have to purchase appliances such as a fridge, stove, and microwave and pay for the maintenance to repair or replace them as they age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bottom line is that RENTING is usually cheaper than owning&#8230;..\u00a0<\/strong><strong> and RENTING provides an avenue to stretch your budget, while saving the rest of your money for other lucrative investments or lifestyle choices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\"><strong>What are your favorite PERKS to renting?<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Share with us on our\u00a0FaceBook Page\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LangleyApartments\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles on the Benefits of Renting Why it\u2019s better to rent than buy \u2013 business.financialpost.com When renting is better than home ownership \u2013 givemebackmyfivebucks.com Rental complex \u2013 canadianbusiness.com LOOK AT THE FACTS&#8230;. It might be surprising to find out the many advantages to renting&#8230;&#8230; LOWER DOWN PAYMENT &#8211;\u00a0The number one benefit of renting an apartment&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/why-rent\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Learn More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right icon-double-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/langleyapartments.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}