That's the spirit! Renting keeps you away from all those lending schemes designed to foreclose on your property (which lenders would rather have empty as we know), since people should not be held responsible for failing to read a contract! Or to actually pay for their loan, which got them a house & land for hundreds of thousands of dollars they don't have!
By the way, as a renter, you can also apply for Sec 8 or DSS so that you can go buy that plasma screen TV you need.
I already have that...
I hit up my relatives, my only section eight was from the US Army (j/k)