| What it does | Rent vs buy planner showing which option you can afford based on your take-home pay, kids, childcare, cars and debts
| A quick money reality check for remote workers
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Free to build and edit your plan, no account required. The Housing Model Pass adds detailed results for $59 for 12 months, one payment with no automatic renewal and a 14-day refund.
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| Key features | - Compare renting, buying now, buying later, and starter home then upgrade paths
- 30-year wealth comparison across housing paths
- Compare keeping current home as rental or buying a second home
- Plan retirement and early retirement with drawdown analysis
- Printable PDF report of your full plan and analysis
| - Calculate monthly burn by combining rent, living costs, tax reserve, fixed costs, flights, and payment loss
- Compare savings runway across 17 remote-work city destinations
- Find break-even income target to stop burning savings
- Model three income scenarios: no income, part-time income, stable remote salary
- Stress-test hidden costs including SIM/data swings and coworking day-pass costs
- Factor in timezone gap and income stability
- Model accommodation types: coliving, Airbnb, solo apartment, hostel, or budget room
- Share scenarios via link without signup or account
- No account or signup required to use the calculator
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| What makes it different | - Runs entirely in your browser with no data uploaded to servers
- All calculations performed locally on your device with inputs never sent to company servers
- Free to build and edit plans; pay only for detailed results and printable reports
- Built by a solo maker for his own rent-or-buy decision with automated math verification
| - Transparent cost assumptions instead of hidden calculations
- Covers 17 cities including newer European nomad bases like Tbilisi, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Belgrade, Sofia, and Bucharest
- Fast, free calculator that works instantly without account or signup
- Accounts for hidden friction costs like tax reserves, payment loss, and visa buffers
- Designed to reduce wishful thinking and make financial tradeoffs visible
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The Housing Model