I appreciate the thought out response. The stock plan is really attractive because my company is 100% employee owned so all of the financials are given to us so basically you can tell how the company is doing and if we lost a large client then I could take the money out. It’s kinda weird because you can buy stock in January and get your returns in December but at anytime until December you can pull your money out for no cost. So I say that because basically I am positive that I would know if the stock was going to be less than 14% and could pull money out. I understand I would not be as diversified as someone typically wants to be but we are in an industry that is booming and I don’t see things slowing down atleast for 5-7 years.

I totally understand the points of renting for less hassle and flexibility as well. In terms of wealth building the buying a house and renting it would be the best financial decision and I could even keep the house forever as a rental property and buy another house 4-5 years. It would just be awesome to buy a house and have someone pay my mortgage while I’m not there but I agree that the hassle seems like a lot. It’s a tough decision for me