I want to get started, significant other is not comfortable

[Kyle Spinale]

My girlfriend and I are getting ready to move out on our own this time next year. She just wants to move into an apartment because "it's easy and not stressful." By move in I mean, be tenants and not landlords.

However, I want to find a small multi-family (duplex, triplex, or quad) and house hack it but she is skeptical about it. What should I do?

I should also add: I'm a college student right now and I will be when we move out next year because I'm transferring schools. 

[David Niles]

Its all about your finances Kyle, if you can truely afford to buy, its the better route to invest in yourself then toss money away on rent each month.  By truely afford, meaning if your scrapping every last cent together to purchase, you might want to save a little longer.