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This looks like hell
Why would you want a house like that. They are all the same characterless houses
They have plenty of character.
Friend 1 is a banjo player. You can tell by the large porch facing the entrance of the cul de sac from where he watches everyone who comes and goes.
Friend 2 owns a large pick up truck. This is because his house has the best view of the agricultural fields to the left, so he identifies as a farmer, even if he works in a call center.
Friend 3 doesn't have a driveway. He actually thought that he would be able to ride with his friends every day.
Friend 4 lives closest to the forrest so he wears outdoor clothing all the time and pretends to be the alpha male.
Friend 5 is the beta cuck who actually fell for Friends 4's self proclaimed alpha status.
Friend 6 doesn't exist. Nobody wants to buy that house. The parked car belongs to the real estate agent who pays regular visits to the house with potential buyers.
Friend 7 is a conspiracy theorist who keeps mostly to himself and sometimes disappear for days. The upper floor is larger than the ground floor and is filled with horded things that he calls his prepping storage. There might even be other people up there.
Look closer - it's AI.
That's not too say I haven't seen some awkward developments (prefab, 55 and over community) where they obviously leveled everything, built, then added back all young trees. Decades later it's still obvious.
Yeah, I think most people could guess that
Doesn't change anything though
I didn't give any fucks about what the neighborhood looks like, other than safe.
I do care about property value though.
why?
Because whether you like it or not, it's tied to retirement and wealth.
How? Are americans so poor that they have to sell their home for retirement?
Home values up until very recently would net 4-5% a year in value when adjusted for things like maintenance, lower mortgage rates vs rent, inflation, and other considerations.
You can buy a moderate sized home to raise a family and grow into while being nearly certain that you're going to have moderate gains while maintaining a fixed cost over 30 years. If you move you can be nearly certain in most situations to be able to sell or rent. You can invest in improving the property knowing you'll make back 50% of those costs later.
Get old age don't need a big house anymore? Sell it and add that 75% of mortgage money you paid directly back into your retirement income.
There are very very few investments as historically safe and as useful as the mortgage in the USA.