>new buyers typically only stay 10 years on a 30 year mortgage
>新买家通常30年房贷只撑得住10年
>Only paying 20% of principal at that point
>到那个点只还了20%本金
>lose ~8% on the sale
>卖房还要亏约8%
>factor in taxes, insurance, maintenance, appreciation
>算上税、保险、维护、增值
>you only get back about 10% of what you paid in mortgage payments over 10 years
>10年交的房贷,最后拿回来的只有约10%
>but I'm stupid for renting an apartment
>结果你还说租房的我傻
make it make sense.
这逻辑根本说不通。