Las Vegas dentist Chris Cozine wanted to cut costs after the Great Recession. He found an unlikely way: He ditched the office he was renting and bought 6,600 square feet of his own.

Besides improving his surroundings — he left the gray walls of the old place in favor of an open layout with modern glass tiles and a mix of colors — Cozine is paying $1,800 a month less on the mortgage than he was paying in rent.

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