Certainly, and that's one reason people choose to be renters. People in other parts of the world where real estate doesn't always/ever appreciate in value the

Certainly, and that's one reason people choose to be renters. People in other parts of the world where real estate doesn't always/ever appreciate in value the way it has in the Anglosphere over the last 40 years also have to spend a lot of money and time/effort ... and they do it anyway.