IMO, the biggest thing in being happy with renting vs buying isn't the monetary factor, but in how ready someone is with owning. Owning comes with a lot of adv

IMO, the biggest thing in being happy with renting vs buying isn't the monetary factor, but in how ready someone is with owning. Owning comes with a lot of advantages: home renovations, settling in and making something your own, building property value over time, a stable monthly mortgage payment, that pride that comes from saying you own something. But it has a lot of other factors to: being responsible for repairs, landscaping, property taxes, less flexibility if you need to relocate. The "renting is throwing your money away" line is prevalent, but is also a gross simplification of the rent vs buy decision.