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A Boring Dystopia
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Why not just find a nice apartment? I'm not trying to be a jerk here or anything, but if owning a home puts you out that much, why not just keep renting?
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Because retiring when you don't own a home is difficult. Not only is rent a lot more than property taxes, but it tends to go up unpredictably.
So for most people, buying a home of some kind is a given. Doing so sooner means saving more money, both because rent is generally more than property tax and because loan payments build equity, which is still fundamentally yours.