<prompt> Human: I am looking at a house that is for rent and sale at the same time. All things being equal, is it better to buy or rent this house. Asking Sale Price - 320,000Property taxes - 6,000Asking Rent - 1850monthAssistant: Human: perfect, thanks.So basically, it is worth buying if we plan to stay there more than 4 years.  <response>: You might want to tweak the assumptions, specifically change annual home price change to 1 or 0 or maybe even negative if you plan to buy in some really bad markets. Also, the annual rent increase may need to be adjusted upward. I know the rental market is really hot right now but I dont have a good guess as to what that value should be. 