I’ve never paid a service guy to come to my properties. I always fix things myself. I was blessed in the old day to be able to learn electrical and HVAC in high school and self taught plumbing and auto and small engine repair on my own. God has truly blessed me with skills. I was really really smart in school but always liked those dirty hand skills. Even today my mom still tells me but you could have done this or that but I repeatedly tell her God has blessed me with a truly fabulous life and I have always been happy. And say “even if I died now I would be so happy for what I’ve lived and been given.”
Good for you but don’t expect others to do what you do and make money from it. Owning homes and the maintenance of those are difficult things for most people. That is why you can not make any blanket statements about owning vs renting.
Well, that's easy to SAY, you know, but I have to admit that that's the way I feel after seeing Pluto, after all these years, ( of my life, that is. )
I'm not as handy as you are, but it is true that if you own a home and can't do basic repairs you will likely spend a small fortune over time paying people to do them for you.