Home Ownership - Is It Really Only About Money?
By Art Blanchet, Stranger in a Warm Land
(On the Outside Lookin' In)
26 March 2007Monday, March 12th, the Wall Street Journal carried an article entitled "Why Your Home Isn't the Investment You Think It Is." In this article WSJ reporter David Crook focuses only on the financial aspects of owning a home, and not very positively at that. He quotes a large investment firm - competitors with the real estate market - touting investments over home ownership. Here are our comments: Skewed for a purpose. The article was skewed for a purpose. Someone should tell Mr. Crook about a certain family we're currently working with that made their decision to buy because of their landlord's insensitivity. As is always the case, people vote with their feet - and these folks have voted to leave."Randy and Cathy N". were debat...
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