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Like I tell my wife, we are working to pay off our house (and hopefully another soon) for our kids, not for us. Sure I could rent and maybe there are benefits to that in a short term view, but in a generational view there are huge benefits to my children if I am able to give each of them a house (to live in or sell and buy another, I don't care) and then they are able to make things better for their kids, etc.

Add up all the money you have spent on rent and mortgage payments and pretend it just never happened. It's life changing to have that.