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The Housing Model vs The Body Index

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The Housing Model compared with The Body Index
DetailThe Housing Model logo The Housing ModelThe Body Index logo The Body Index
What it doesRent vs buy planner showing which option you can afford based on your take-home pay, kids, childcare, cars and debts Free body-metric calculators with no accounts or ads in results
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Free
PricingFree 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. Not given
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
  • Open source formulas on GitHub
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
  • Calculators for metrics beyond BMI that major sites haven't adopted
  • Open source formulas validated against peer-reviewed research papers
  • All code available under MIT license for verification and reuse
  • Free embeddable widgets with attribution for other websites
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)60
Citation Flow (Majestic)120
Referring domains (Majestic)10

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