Don’t forget tax liability. By living in a house you own you get to keep the money you would have paid for rent and you get to avoid paying for that rent in pos

Don’t forget tax liability. By living in a house you own you get to keep the money you would have paid for rent and you get to avoid paying for that rent in post tax money. It’s kind of a complicated thing to wrap your mind around but owning the things you use (car, house etc) pulls those transactions out of the taxable economy thereby becoming a tax advantaged incentive.