01-18-2009, 11:29 AM
The market for renters is good now, but rent can be raised at any time things get more prosperous. The most a person has is a year lease without a rent increase. I saw what happened to rents here 2002-2005; it was brutal for tenants.
So in the short term, renting is appealing, but long term no.
Maybe in Puna because of all the spec homes overbuilt, but not the rest of the island.
I'm not asking for good wishes or sympathy. Simply giving some examples of how life throws things at people from time to time. It can happen to anyone.
I was not singling out anyone in particular as being blaming; it's just a general tone around here that people (some, not all) get judgmental, based on their ability to run their own lives along certain principles, thinking that everyone else can do the same, or should do the same.
So in the short term, renting is appealing, but long term no.
Maybe in Puna because of all the spec homes overbuilt, but not the rest of the island.
I'm not asking for good wishes or sympathy. Simply giving some examples of how life throws things at people from time to time. It can happen to anyone.
I was not singling out anyone in particular as being blaming; it's just a general tone around here that people (some, not all) get judgmental, based on their ability to run their own lives along certain principles, thinking that everyone else can do the same, or should do the same.