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John David Truly's avatar

Over the almost 60 years of married life my wife and I have bought, lived in five homes. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 were ~100 year old homes which needed substantial rehabbing to become habitable. These took a lot of work and time but enabled us to have a new home built to our specs 25 years ago. At the same time we invested in a half dozen other homes bringing them back to life for resale. We weren’t rich, held down real careers but didn’t sit around whining about “the dream is dead”.

I know everyone isn’t capable or desirous of this approach but merely say, if you dream only without doing not much comes of it. Every season and era presents its own obstacles and opportunities.

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David Vandervort's avatar

Paid off my mortgage about 2 months ago. It took 30 years and there were times when it was hard but we did it. I think it's the "it took 30 years" part that people don't like today. That's thirty years of hard work and caring that they simple want no part of. Fine. Don't commit. But don't blame someone else for the consequences.

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