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Originally Posted by Pastiche
This is huge.
I value my time dearly. The idea of spending weekend upon weekend building a new deck, putting in new insulation, etc. is a huge cost to me. Now that's just my own personal preference. But I think alot of people go into buying a house without actually thinking how much their time is worth to them. You end up saving money renting if you monetize your free time.
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haha, no offense, but clearly given how much time you spend on CP you either don't value your time as much as you suggest you do or you give surfing a hockey website(not to mention the other sites you visit) a pretty damn high value.
It's a stupid argument in this context, you're like the friends I had who passed on contracts during the recession because it wasn't as much money as they thought they should be making, so while I worked and made slightly less then I thought my time was worth, they sat at home with their thumb up their ass and made nothing. I see so many people make that same mistake and I know in the past I did to, using the exact same justification you did.
You're only loosing value in your free time maintaining your house if you have something of higher value you could be doing at the same time. So you tell me how much value are you loosing by luring the guys over with some beer one weekend to help you rebuild a deck/fence? Yeah, it might cut into your web surfing time or TV watching.
The only people who spend weekend upon weekend maintaining their homes are the people who do it as a hobby not your average homeowner.