[epolanski]

+1, my SO was so hard to "have our place", that we essentially dedicated two years of our lives to it (from finding the place, negotiating, legal stuff, renovations, etc).

It gave us two extremely stressful years, you're just not prepared for it.

And yes, we have way more things to think now than we used to.

It's going to financially pay off when I'll be close to 60 (I'm 38).

I'm not saying I wouldn't do it again, I like my house, but sure I'd be much wealthier (hell, I sold my investments in 2021 to buy it) and care free.