<prompt> Human: Im looking for the best way to optimize my finance for the future. Ive been renting my current apartment for 5 years at 700 a month and I thinking of at getting a house at around the 100-150k range in Raleigh or Cary NC. I am not sure if I want to continue to stay in the area forever but plan to buy the house and if I want to leave, rent it out. Should I instead keep renting and just invest in other ways? Is a 150k house too much or should I aim more towards a small cheaper 70k house?  <response>: If youre not looking at staying there at least 5 more years, I wouldnt buy. 700 for rent is cheap IMO for the ability to up and leave whenever you want. 