Mortgage amortization front loaded interest and all the related costs involved should be considered.
Then there's people who buy property in the summer when things are beautiful.
Then discover they can't get up their drive way in the winter or the water that finds it's way in during the rainy season, either through the roof or coming in the front door.
Then there is the uncertainty of finding yourself a target of people/neighbors you have no control over.
Absolutely no reason to get rushed into anything.
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