IMO, the biggest thing in being happy with renting vs buying isn&#x27;t the monetary factor, but in how ready someone is with owning.<p>Owning comes with a lot of advantages: home renovations, settling in and making something your own, building property value over time, a stable monthly mortgage payment, that pride that comes from saying you own something.<p>But it has a lot of other factors to: being responsible for repairs, landscaping, property taxes, less flexibility if you need to relocate.<p>The &quot;renting is throwing your money away&quot; line is prevalent, but is also a gross simplification of the rent vs buy decision.