I bought my "house" (4 unit apartment building) about a year and a half ago and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm generating a positive cash flow with the other three units, parking and laundry. I'm pretty sure that I'm upside down in the mortgage but it doesn't matter much to me at this point. I'm just saving up so I can buy my own "real" house, and I plan on keeping this place for a long time. The downside is that I still live in an apartment building, and I have to be the guy that fixes stuff and unlock doors when people lock themselves out and stuff.