Anyone bought a house / apt instead of renting? Worth it?

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Really comes down to a few things, but I have a rule of thumb that if I’m not staying there for more than 4 years it doesn’t make financial sense to necessarily buy. Given this is in a geography where we don’t have “real estate hacks” like in locations like the US.

This is for my primary residence, I have looked into getting rental properties as investments (also gave it a skip due to tenant laws in my country).

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