There are a lot of advantages to renting. You don’t need to secure a loan, you aren’t responsible when something breaks, and you don’t have to find a buyer when you leave. If you only plan to stay somewhere for a couple of years, renting is great.
I used to think that...until my second no-fault eviction in two years...
How that makes you entitled to cheaply renting a single-family home? Go rent a condo, it would be easier to move in a couple of years too. Or if you insist on living in a single-family home, temporarily taking a place of a family who wants to own the property long-term, then you'd pay premium rent to the owner which they'd have to pay out in taxes.
Because doing your own work is significantly cheaper, especially on older (cheaper up-front) cars, which are psuedo-required in North America.