<prompt> Human: Hello everyone,Myself and 2 other friends are considering buyingrenting a house. We all seem to be on the fence on the aspect of buyingrenting. Before I get into more details on that let me give a brief overview of our situation.None of us have any experience in owning a houseliving on our own, let alone how mannerisms might affect us in the long run. We would all be on the mortgage and own equal shares, and share equal costs of everything.1 of us thinks it is a good idea to buy a house immediately as the market is good for buying and we could make money eventually off of it by selling it in a few years or renting it out in the long run.1 of us thinks it would be safer to rent as we do not want to live there long term and putting a lot of money into a house only to make a profit can be dangerous especially with no experience and that buying houses without the intention of settling down is a bad idea.1 of us thinks it would be safer to rent first to see how it works out and consider buying a house further down the line.Any help is much appreciated we are waiting to schedule some time with a realtor to determine what would be best for us, but was hoping to see if anyone could help with the situation.Thank you so muchEdit: Thanks again to everyone who responded, I have sent this to my friends and we are going to go over it this weekend.  <response>: Rent. Things will get messy if you all dont like living together. 