I forgot to mention one thing that I’ve seen ommitted from most analysis regarding home ownership….and that’s the exit strategy. How many investment in the USA let you take $250K to $500k of TAX FREE profit after 2 years of owning the asset?? This is huge and often over looked. Of course, this is no longer ownership once you’ve sold, but you had to be an owner first in order to enjoy this incredible treat allowed by our tax crazy govt.