Maybe a difference in American made houses vs. European ones. I don't know, but generally when you buy a house here, it's not a money-pit. I'm happy you're doi

Maybe a difference in American made houses vs. European ones. I don't know, but generally when you buy a house here, it's not a money-pit. I'm happy you're doing better renting, and I agree that experiences are far more important than "stuff", but I don't count a home as stuff. Unless you're doing something cool like nomading it, I see buying a house as just having one of your basics covered and out of the way, like buying shoes. I'm paying a little under 3/4 of what I'd be (was) paying in rent, and whilst there's the interest to take into account, the maths easy: If the interest is less than what rent would be, then having interest is better than paying rent, since 100% of rent is up in smoke, whereas only the interest is up in smoke for a mortgage.