I’d be all for it if you owned some property. Don’t want to buy a house, fine, buy a townhouse. Especially where you live, it will turn out to be a great investment if you decide to move in 2 years. Buy something that needs a little work, fix it up, and when you sell it for a big profit you’ll have a real nice down payment for your next place.
But that’s just me. I did the rental thing for a little too long and look back thinking how much better it would have been putting that 14k in rent into equity in my house.