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One thing worth bearing in mind is that the biggest risk here is short term. Rent goes up every year like clockwork, while your mortgage is going to stay the same (or even go down if you refinance into a better interest rate). My wife and I have owned our house for 7 years now, and our mortgage is already about on par with what we would be paying for our apartment if we had stayed renters. Plus we have more space here (1300 sq ft at the apartment, 2000 here with 1300 finished and 700 unfinished). It was a stretch at times for the first few years, but between our payments getting cheaper (due to refinance) and rent going up, we are already at the point where we're glad we bought.
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