My point was addressing moving out of state to just buy a house. However, owning has massive drawbacks like less flexibility to move, increased transaction cos

My point was addressing moving out of state to just buy a house. However, owning has massive drawbacks like less flexibility to move, increased transaction costs, risk of decline in home value, mortgage costs, home maintenance costs, hoa assessments, etc Also, taxes on housing increases every year as do maintenance costs, insurance, hoa fees … rents sometimes decrease by the way.