Most people think renting is throwing money away. I disagree. After graduating college, I was still renting. I could have stretched my budget to buy a home, but instead, I did something most people wouldn’t. I got three roommates. My rent was dirt cheap, which meant I could save and invest more. That decision gave me the breathing room to grow my wealth instead of drowning in mortgage payments. Even when I was deployed to Iraq, I watched others fall into the trap of buying too soon—overleveragin