Buying a primary home that eats half your net income because 'rent is throwing money away' can handcuff you to drywall, taxes, and repairs. Sometimes renting preserves liquid wealth and career flexibility the mortgage would kill.
Do the math; sometimes renting keeps you free.
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Your salary is a drug
Own assets or stay rented forever.
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Stress-test payments at unemployment rates.
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Buy reliable used; invest the lease difference.
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Boring cash beats clever leverage in a crisis.