"The primary reason I wanted to buy a condo is because rent fluctuates," he tells CNBC Make It.
CNBC Make ItSo in 2017, Dishongh purchased his first home, a 600-square-foot one-bedroom condo in Austin, Texas.
'Whenever I feel like it, I can just hop back there and have a mini adventure'Originally, Dishongh wanted to live in a van full-time, travel the U.S. and work remotely.
He realized that it made more financial sense for him to take on a fixed mortgage payment, rather than watch his rent continue to rise.
The low down payment allowed him to funnel more money into renovating his new place from top to bottom.