[malfist]

Exactly, the even say:

>I bought my home in Auburn, WA for $321k, and sold it a few years later for $333k. After all the costs to buy and sell it, I probably lost more money on it than I would have spent renting an apartment.

Home ownership isn't a net positive from day one. Otherwise, everyone would always do it. Home ownership is net positive in the long run. It's a long term position. You don't day trade houses.

[FireBeyond]

Right. And he notes that the home he bought after that, with ten years ownership, appreciated from $420K to $770K.