> Because you’re not lighting rent money on fire every month.
I'm not lighting it on fire! I'm getting a place to live.
The homeowner is also lighting money on fire every month! They don't get a check back from the roofing company when they sell their house. They don't get a rebate from GE for the stove they bought 20 years ago. They get the benefit of having a stove in their house and a roof on their home.
In 20 or 30 years or whatever I have a Vanguard account with a couple hundred thousand dollars in it. In 20 or 30 years the homeowner sells and gets a big check as a result. Why do I care if their check is bigger than my Vanguard account?
