<prompt> Human: My work is moving me to the middle of nowhere in a few months. Closest real city will be one hour drive away. Based on discussion with my boss I will probably be at this location for about 2-3 years. Normal advice seems to be to rent due to short stay. But the prices for new homes here seem very cheap. Will it make sense to buy?Rent options: Cheapest apartment in nearby town is 575mo. Several other rental options 3 bed2 bath home and 2 bed1 bath apartment for 600mo.There are 40 houses for sale in nearby town range from 37k - 165k. I am excluding 300k homes further out of town that come with large properties and river views. I am also excluding homes that have no interior pictures posted to Zillow or where pictures look really bad. 75 of the houses are listed at 40k - 70k.A few interesting ones: 2 bed 1 bath small house listed for 37k. 4 bed 2 bath for 45k. Duplex 2x 2 bed 1 bath apartments listed for 65k.Does buying a house make sense financially? Two years of rent comes to about 15k. Three years is 22k. Assuming a 60k home, I could put 50 down and still have some emergency fund left. Monthly payments including insurance and tax would be 300 - 400 depending on what I spend. Biggest issue could be selling the home when it is time to move on... But even then it seems I could come out ahead selling for less than I bought for.Personal financial situation: No debt 50k in savings this includes emergency fund 35k in 401k. Does it make sense to borrow from my 401k? New-ish car all paid for. No major expenses expected. Credit score is is 757 per Capital One estimator.TL;DR: I need to be talked out of buying a house. Why is this a bad idea? What expenses am I forgetting? Someone please just give me a website to browse in my free time other than Zillow. Yes, I know about reddit.  <response>: Do you want to deal with the headache of selling a house in two years?Dont borrow from your 401k to buy a house. 