<prompt> Human: My wife and I are 6 months in our first jobs out of college with a combined income of 116kyear. Ive got 10k left in student loans started with 30k, and a 9k car loan. I realized that paying 950mo on rent is as much as a mortgage on a 300k home on a 30 year loan. More like a 250k home after including property taxes and a 30 year loan 3.87 with 20 down. Based on other peoples comments I clearly need to do more research on home ownership costs.The issue is im not sure we will both be in the same jobs in 4 years. We want to stay in our current jobs for at least 4 years so we can get good work experience to be able to move where ever we want. Is it worth it to buy a home in the 100k - 150k range if ill be in the same spot for at least 4 years? We currently only have 10k in savings and are not putting anymore money towards savings as we plan to pay off the student loan and car loan this year. I dont want to waste money by renting, but at the same time I dont want to be stuck in an area because ive purchased a house. I dont know where we will plan to move in 5 years time, but it could be on a complete different region of the country.  <response>: I dont see renting as a waste of money if youre not yet sure where you want to plant roots. You can still save up toward a house while youre renting, which will make it much easier when youre 100 sure youre ready to make that commitment 