I'm in the perfect situation where I rent now. The lawn is fried. Not my problem. Or even my concern. Something breaks... Call the LL.
I could get used to this. I dont miss yard work one bit. IDK if I'll ever have the desire to keep a lawn perfect again. Way to much work. I think the only reason I did it in the past was to drink and smoke anyway.
Painting...arg. Even worse.
We'll be getting a house eventually. Maybe as soon as the spring. If not, then the following year. This time, I have zero intrest in getting the nicest house I can afford. My fiance is on the same page too. We want to keep the mortgage low, low, low.
We have lost years to make up for retirement. I personally am starting over at 49yrs old. My main goal will be to have the house paid down in 15yrs. I've worked my ass off, so I think social security will cover the basics. Who knows. I'm not sweating it.
All I can do is all I can do.