it depends on your lifestyle.  if you want to homestead, buying real estate is based. but if you're a cityfag who loves wage slaving and loves to go to expensive restaurants every night, buy expensive suits and other fancy shit, renting is the way to go. get a competent financial advisor to handle your assets. start an llc and set up a trust fund and all that crap.  renting is the way to go because it's flexible. if you change jobs, or even cities, you can move quickly and cheaply.  so yeah, if that's your lifestyle, renting is based.  but if you want the rural life, do some farming, build your own house, feel free and not have to wage slave, then putting all of your value into your land is the way to go.
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