Thanks for your input @jan Man and @Crow Bar – I certainly couldn’t have the type of water heater, generator hook up or any type of long term plans without owning my property. I may have been able to put in an apiary, plant fruit trees, grow hops, have a garden if I had rented but it is very doubtful and no motivation for long term improvement.
If there was a prepper pyramid based after Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a stable home would be the foundation: One that provides food, water, warmth and rest as well as contributing profit instead of costing.