this is a nice chart.. factors in everything..
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/bu...T_GRAPHIC.html
for the most part, buying is better, unless you are going to be there for <2yr
i did the math right, and ive spent around $100k in rent since i started renting, maybe a little more.. yet i dont have a house or nada...
the same $100k woulda gotten me a small little house somewhere..