I tell you this, that there are still MANY advantages to renting the house vice buying it. True, I have paid for my house once over, but when something breaks, I can call the landlord and he comes forth to fix it.

Everything comes down to choices. Everything comes down to trade-offs, compromise.

My rent is roughly equal to what a mortgage payment here would be, the tradeoff being tht, unlike a mortgage, I can walk away from this house without any credit risk. True, I recoup no equity through resale, but I also don’t have all the lawyers involved with mortgages, title searches, etc.

I have often thought about owning land, and a house, but when I think of how short a man’s life really is, and that, regardless of the deed, we really only rent the land for a relatively short while, I ask myself, why?

That’s not a strike against those who own land and homes, just an observation. My own, and no one else’s.

I may not leave a home to my kids, but I will leave them a legacy of honour, and duty faithfully served. I think that’s pretty good, considering.

Respects,

Or go around them on the neighbors’s yards. But that would be rude, and conduct unbecoming, and you should be ashamed of yourself, a man of your age…etc….

Dammit, I intend to stay 10 years old, in my head, for the rest of my life. Externally, I’ll continue to act like a grownup.

Well, I *try* to act like a grownup.

What was done was done, and it’s a lovely place to live. Apart from the HOA. And them speedbumps.