Renting does suck. I own a condo in LA that I bought in 1996 and I have tenants in it and they are paying 3-4x my mortgage and they rented when homes were selling much lower. Had they bought the same condo their payment would have been less than their rent.
For those who are interested, I enjoy the dialogue here and that is why I continue to post/visit. One will never be truly informed if they don’t hear all perspectives.