A home purchase. The biggest financial investment you’ll probably make in your life. …Which, if not careful, may also turn into your biggest financial liability. Man isn’t that a dark way to start this article. As a younger home-hunter, I used to ask myself this all the time – “Is it really worth committing my entire future to paying for this house that might not even belong to my family 99 years from now?” In fact those were just one of many concerns. What if I was unable to pay off my mortgage? What if I didn’t generate positive returns on my eventual unit sale…or worse, have to cash in on a depreciating home? The questions and concerns kept piling up. And naturally, I began to dig for an alternative. It wasn’t long before I began to seriously consider looking into permanent rentals. Afterall, it meant that I could change...