The coulda woulda shoulda what woulda happened iffa hindsight scenarios are truly endless. If I had to guess, I would say most renters don’t calculate how much their expenses would be if they bought a particular home and then invest the entire portion that is above and beyond their rental expense. Much ado is made about Americans and the abyssimal if not negative savings rate here. If that is true, the thought that vast numbers of renters are saving the aforementioned sums doesn’t seem to hold much water. I think that, in reality, the folks that sold this house walked with a large chunk of dough that they would not have otherwise seen.