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by sokoloff 3427 days ago
Along the course of those 20 years will be 20 years' worth of property tax, home insurance, and maintenance that renters will largely not incur on top of rent (it is arguably built into the rent, of course).

The owner is not "saving" $480K, but a sum quite a bit smaller than that, likely around 20-40%.