This decision is clear, as long as you're apples to apples (ie you're not debating buying a mansion vs renting a hovel) - but it depends on your desire for risk vs reward, and emotion vs financial logic.Logic says you should rent vs buy. 

I will in 20 yrs though when they’re all paid off by my tenants.Goal is to pick up extra shifts, keep buying/accumulating rapidly for cash flow before lifestyle creep sets in and I have to buy a mansion and a couple Teslas.That's an awesome story, Aaron.

In 2011, I scored a new personal residence, the HPMM ( Half Price Mini Mansion ). 

Period.2) you do the exact same thing all these gurus do.Pose in front of a mansion, a huge check, a fancy car and that magically translates to your system being successful.

It's in Strawberry Mansion.

Strawberry Mansion is more affordable, but has problems of its own.What price range are you looking for?

Water front mansions, no show highly paid board member positions in America and places like Ukraine.

After 12 years of great tenants our large 6 bed/3 bath 1828 mansion was again vacant.

You could sell a 50 unit apartment building in the Midwest and buy a mansion on the beach in Florida, or a 1280 acre farm…

I could own 10 free and clear mansions in Beverly Hills or 1,000 crappy houses in the ghetto that are leveraged to the hilt, and everything in between.