Renting has a lot of overhead. You are not only paying the landlord's profit (~100/month excluding equity is the figure I hear thrown around), you are also payi

Renting has a lot of overhead. You are not only paying the landlord's profit (~100/month excluding equity is the figure I hear thrown around), you are also paying for the time your unit is vacant, and for some of the costs assosiated with bad tenents. Put another way, as a landlord you are the best tenent you will ever have.