April - National Poetry Month

HOME-OWNERSHIP

Home-ownership brings stability to individuals and families who have never had anything that they could really call their own.  There is something special about real estate that is unlike anything else on earth you can possess. Real Estate is not like a car that will decay over time and you have to replace.
Real Estate you own is not like your clothes that go out of style and you have to buy new ones.
Real Estate you own is not like expensive vacations or experiences that only last a moment in time. 
Real Estate you own is not like an apartment that the landlord may sell or increase the rent until it is unaffordable.  
Real Estate you own is not like staying at your parents house where you know you can't stay forever.  

Home-ownership is the essence of wealth that has nothing to do with money.
Home-ownership is the essence of pride of a mother nurturer and a father provider.
Home-ownership is the essence of permanence and a place you can raise your family from children to adulthood.
Home-ownership is the essence of being able to build memories that can never be taken from you. Etched in walls and concrete.
Howe-ownership is the essence of you - your style, your colors, your smell, your stuff, your junk, your memories, your yard and your spaces.

It's the height markers on your first child's bedroom wall.  
It’s the hearts drawn in the concrete slabs when you pour your patio.
It's the birthday parties, and anniversaries in the living room and kitchen.
It's the back yard barbecue with friends, neighbors and family.
It's the high school and college graduation, and wedding receptions.
It’s the family nights and block parties because everybody knows each other.

Home.  It's more than real estate.  It's more than money.  It's more than the debt you get in to buy it.  It's more than the payments you make to own it. It's more than the appreciation that comes with keeping it over time.  It's memories, it's family, it's life that can happen in one place until you say it's time to move.

Home.


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