{"id":489116,"date":"2026-10-08T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/489116\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:00:17","slug":"do-you-rent-in-l-a-but-own-elsewhere-we-want-to-hear-from-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/489116\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you rent in L.A. but own elsewhere? We want to hear from you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For many Angelenos, buying a home in Los Angeles is out of reach. With housing costs <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-08-26\/is-this-really-worst-time-to-buy-house-in-california-answer-is-complicated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">near historic highs<\/a>, homeownership can feel like a distant dream. But some are embracing another option \u2014 rent where you live and buy where you can. Purchasing a second home in a more affordable market while renting your primary home can offer a chance to build equity, experience homeownership or simply have a place to escape. Could this strategy be the best of both worlds? Or is it a financial and logistical headache?<\/p>\n<p>If you currently rent in L.A. but own a home elsewhere, we\u2019d love to hear why you chose this path and how it\u2019s going. Your response may be included in an upcoming Los Angeles Times story or lead to a phone interview. Please only respond if you\u2019re comfortable sharing high-level financial details about your situation. The form will close on Oct. 22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many Angelenos, buying a home in Los Angeles is out of reach. With housing costs near historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[190939,320,190940,968,26797,190941,190938,1073,40774,21739,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,1410,1579,42176,47035],"class_list":["post-489116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-affordable-market","tag-chance","tag-distant-dream","tag-equity","tag-form","tag-high-level-financial-detail","tag-historic-high","tag-home","tag-homeownership","tag-housing-cost","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-place","tag-reach","tag-situation","tag-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}