Free spirit.
I have owned and rented depending on the situation. Owners have enjoyed the upside last 40 years or so where the governments have protected owners from the downside based on Keynesian economic theory, lowering interest rates and spending in down cycles lifting house prices.
The the dollar potentially going to zero and the option of Bitcoin, the real value of property will become apparent as savers and wage earners value is better recognized.
History rhymes but doesn’t repeat. Property is no longer as safe an investment.