Man, I'm getting raped as far as rent goes. Thank fucking god I'm buying a condo next year.
So you can get raped by condo fees?
Actually, I should have said townhouse. I'm just used to using the "condo" buzz word lately. The "maintenance fee" [same thing as a condo fee] for the one I'm buying is only 25 cents per square foot [800 square feet total]. That works out to $200 a month.
...that, plus my monthly mortgage rate, is less than what I'm paying in rent right now [$800/month for a 1 bedroom], and I'd actually own this instead of just throwing my money at some company with no investment whatsoever.