The lack of basic financial literary amongst most people is shocking
In what world is owning a property (with just taxes to pay for) a bad thing? I mean worst case scenario, he sells the property for, say, $10 million (all profit) then buys a $1 million (cash) home and still has $9 million to take care of the taxes for the rest of his life.
But there's really dudes who think you're better off being a couple missed rental payments away from the street.
I'll never advocate for renting if you can afford to buy unless
1) You already own other places as investment properties
2) You've relocated somewhere and only plan to stay there temporarily.