"if i want to leave where i am i can just give my landlord the appropriate notice and leave, if i owned where i live i then have to find someone to buy my house before i can leave, which could take weeks or even months"
"Giving the appropriate notice" generally means months, I would think. Not usually less than a month. Renting a decent apartment where I live generally means agreeing to a lease. My landlord demanded two months notice even if I was moving at the end of my lease, and the penalty for moving out at any other time would be draconian.
Conversely, people can and do move before selling their house, even though I'm sure it's a hassle and expensive to do so.
im in the UK, as a general rule you need to give a months notice to move out of anywhere, there may be places with longer but ive never personally encountered them, as you say people do move before selling but you need a pretty solid cash buffer or damn good credit to do it
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"if i want to leave where i am i can just give my landlord the appropriate notice and leave, if i owned where i live i then have to find someone to buy my house before i can leave, which could take weeks or even months"
"Giving the appropriate notice" generally means months, I would think. Not usually less than a month. Renting a decent apartment where I live generally means agreeing to a lease. My landlord demanded two months notice even if I was moving at the end of my lease, and the penalty for moving out at any other time would be draconian.
Conversely, people can and do move before selling their house, even though I'm sure it's a hassle and expensive to do so.
im in the UK, as a general rule you need to give a months notice to move out of anywhere, there may be places with longer but ive never personally encountered them, as you say people do move before selling but you need a pretty solid cash buffer or damn good credit to do it