to rent or to buy

Last Sunday’s teaching really hit the bull’s eye. And if you’re curious about the teaching, you can download it here, along with other life lessons you might need, like getting out of debt perhaps?

For over a month now, my wife and I have been struggling on whether it’s high time that we buy our dream home. As you know, we’re currently renting an apartment near our office, which also happens to be near my in laws. I’ve talked to my parents about buying our dream house, and they said that if we could buy our own lot, then they would finance the construction of the house. Which is a great deal, really (like the best acne treatment there ever is). One of the advantages of having our house constructed is that we have a say on what designs and specifics we want: what goes here and what goes there. But constructing a house takes months, even years, which means that we’re stuck to renting, again, which we want to avoid in the first place (download and listen to the teaching to know why). Whereas if we bought a house and lot, we could move in a few months. So now we’re torn between buying a house and lot or buying a vacant lot and have our house constructed. What do you think? Which is better? How did you guys get your own dream house?