“The ache for home lives in all of us.” — Maya Angelou

There comes a point in our lives where we want to put down roots. Where we want something we can wholly call our own.  Whether you are a young man or woman who has always had a dream of owning their own home, a freshly married couple that wants to set down roots, or you have had enough of your 4,000 sq ft house and just don't want to clean it anymore or walk up and down the stairs and have found it is time to downsize... and it is time to make that very big, very scary purchase.  So if you are about to make one of the biggest investments of your life, you need to explore and understand why.

1. Autonomy from Landlords
The word landlord comes with quite the stigma, as many people have negative experiences with them. Often, it is what pushes people into looking into home buying.  As we learned during COVID the real estate market affects not just buying and selling, but rental markets too.  ...