As far as I am concerned, if you buy a home for anything other than to live in and enjoy you bought it for the wrong reason.
I buy because I want to decide where I live and when I move. Since 2000 I’ve always had two homes. Real estate money is the easiest money to make. I started at 35 and retired at 60. I made a lot of money off my homes and other real estate investing, most people don’t know the strategies involved. I also speculated on raw land and had rentals. I also developed land. Rentals are all gone, I make more money now than when I worked just pushing buttons on the computer. I carry mortgages for people following my path now.