That’s what I always say when people talk about a house being a bad investment. Bitcoin is obviously a way better store of value. But also, if you don’t pay your own mortgage and property taxes you are just going to be paying someone else’s and have nothing to show for it in the long run. You also aren’t going to be allowed to modify or improve it and have to get permission from a landlord to have pets, run a business out of it, or whatever else you might want to do in it. 

 Then there’s also the fact that rent will get raised on you every year or 2 since inflation never ends, whereas a fixed rate mortgage won’t change. 10 years from now renters will be paying twice as much and I’ll still be paying the same. 

 good fixed rate mortgage is worth it - if you have it

(harder now) 

 Fixed rate mortgage FTW, but the right analogy is taxes.  In most states your  home taxes will get reassest every year.   They almost never go down. 

So that's similar to the rent raise.  Home ownership in the USA is one of the few assets where a wealth tax is applied. 

It's still way better financially to own than to rent.  Zero question about it.