From parents home to home ownership requires transitional experience, especially during these times.

Yep, rent a house or a flat in order to get aquainted with all that renting entails in that context where you will have to purchase furniture, pay utilities, yet not be saddled with the heavy stuff like roofs, furnaces, water heaters etc. You may have to shovel or mow lawns in a house or flat rental, but again that is preparing you to decide if that is really the life you want long term of if ultimately apartment or condo is better where lawn and snow maintenance is a non issue.

Also, renting allow more 'portability' should the area take a bad turn. You can get out. If you buy and the neighborhood deteriorates, you're stuck.