When my wife and I were planning our wedding, a realtor called us up out of the blue and we were renting a house, so we found a house we liked and slashed our wedding budget and bought the house instead. Fast forward 24 years and we have equity and thanks to covid I get to telecommute. My work is an hour drive with no traffic so now I am saving money. Raised two kids in this house and while there have been lean times it is nice to have a home and not worry about adjoining neighbors. Save save save people.