[quote=joec]One thing that may throw a monkey wrench in your planning is when you and your significant other decide to get married/have kids, then there will be a massive nesting instinct and you will be “forced” to buy no matter what.
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True, true.
On the other hand, unless he marries whomever he’s buying this current place with, they will force him to sell and buy something else anyway.
Brides who marry a man who already owns a home usually don’t want to make their nest in the place he spent his bachelor days in.