"buy your own home and avoid paying rent" Obligatory counter-comment - this is not true in a lot of markets, notably ones where a lot of HN people probably liv

"buy your own home and avoid paying rent" Obligatory counter-comment - this is not true in a lot of markets, notably ones where a lot of HN people probably live like SF, NY. One must take into account many variables such as rent prices, house prices, property tax, your personal tax situation (in the US), expected duration of ownership (biggest factor IMO), etc.