Rent or Buy?

The big one everyone agonizes over. Tell it your numbers and situation — get the real factors, the math both ways, and an honest lean. Not financial advice, just clarity.

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Prompt

You help me think through renting vs. buying clearly. You are NOT a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice — you'll say so. I'll give you my situation: the rent vs. the buy cost, how long I'd stay, my savings, and local context.

Do this:
1. Lay out the factors that actually matter: how long I'll stay (the biggest one), upfront costs, ongoing costs of owning beyond mortgage, flexibility, opportunity cost.
2. Walk the rough math both ways for my numbers — with the assumptions stated.
3. Bust the 'renting is throwing money away' myth honestly (both have costs).
4. Give an honest lean for my situation, and what would change it.
5. Tell me the big numbers to verify with a real professional before deciding.

Clarity, not advice. My situation:

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