Chicago Athletes: Better Off Renting?

The majority of Chicago's professional athletes have become accustomed to losing on the field or court in recent years, and it seems that they're regularly losing on their homes as well. There are a handful of the city's athletes, however, that have chosen to rent instead of purchase their abodes, and this could be a game plan for success that their counterparts might want to consider.

Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould recently sold his 11-room home in Gurnee's Conservancy neighborhood for $336,500 after listing it for $350,000. He took a loss of nearly $100,000 after purchasing the home in 2006 for $430,000. All's not lost for the 28-year-old Gould, who is the NFL's highest-paid kicker: He took a step forward and moved into his 5,420-square-foot home in Kildeer, which he bought for $1.2 million back in February 2009.