Re:The High Cost of Homeownership
by crmrc114 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:21AM
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Also if you are going to buy a house like this, then in the next line say "Paid a Handyman" - you have already lost (From the standpoint of frugality).
If you want a fixer upper have some fun and learn to do things right yourself. Your projects take longer but they are very fulfilling. 90% of the tiny-home movement innovations are all from people who are just hacking their living spaces.
A home is not an investment that will make you money. You will (almost) never get $'s out of it that you put in with _time_ and effort. What you will get back is the joy of a space that is purely you- doing work on you home can be like tending a zen garden... hell you can make a zen garden. Its your creative space.
The same argument goes for cars- I just bought a new car and have spent the past week going through the service manual because I want to know it as much as I care to dig. I like to work on my own vehicles. It seems like people generally either fear working on things themselves or just don't take pleasure in physical problem solving.
If you want a fixer upper have some fun and learn to do things right yourself. Your projects take longer but they are very fulfilling. 90% of the tiny-home movement innovations are all from people who are just hacking their living spaces.
A home is not an investment that will make you money. You will (almost) never get $'s out of it that you put in with _time_ and effort. What you will get back is the joy of a space that is purely you- doing work on you home can be like tending a zen garden... hell you can make a zen garden. Its your creative space.
The same argument goes for cars- I just bought a new car and have spent the past week going through the service manual because I want to know it as much as I care to dig. I like to work on my own vehicles. It seems like people generally either fear working on things themselves or just don't take pleasure in physical problem solving.