For many people, the real return on buying a house is owning the house, not the increase in value of the property. Where I live housing is fairly inexpensive an

For many people, the real return on buying a house is owning the house, not the increase in value of the property. Where I live housing is fairly inexpensive and I can't think if of any other similarly sized investment that is guaranteed to cover my cost of housing for the rest of my life. (edit: typo)