First house? If so, Congratulations Vinny! :thumbup: Home ownership is a great thing! If nothing else, it will give you memories that you will never forget!
It also gives you something to do (every single weekend, all year long, without fail, that usually involves money).
If you don't have a pick up truck, or have a close relative that has a pick up truck, you'll need one (what's a little extra money, right?).
Unless it's a "fixer-upper" (you're gonna need a ton of money for this) there's always something you can improve on it: painting rooms, re-doing bathrooms, hanging wallpaper, new carpet or refinishing the hardwood floors, etc. (but that still costs money).
You'll love your first springtime in your new home! In the springtime, you get to plant all kinds of stuff and pretty up the outside (you'll need money for this too...this stuff isn't free, unless you dig it up in the National Forest. I told you you'd need a pick up truck.). If it's your first home, you get to buy a new lawnmower/tractor, weed-whacker, leaf blower, hedge trimmers, rakes, shovels, ladders, wheelbarrow, chainsaws etc. (lotsa money needed here). If there's anything on it that isn't vinyl clad, you get to scrape, glaze, sand, caulk, prime and paint those parts (that costs money, too).
Summertime is great in your home. Warm evenings, relaxing with a cold one (being able to actually see your grass grow, the same grass that you will have to cut every weekend. Regret spending all that money on fertilizer yet?).
The fall is a beautiful time in your first home! Make sure to take lots of pictures of the trees changing color (when you aren't spending every weekend on ladders cleaning out the gutters, but hey! You've already bought the ladders and leaf blower by now!).
Wintertime is fun! Playing with the wife/kids/dogs in the snow (having to shovel the driveway and walk, and hoping no ice storms, least you have to take your new chainsaw and cut up the limbs that have snapped off the trees and crashed into your home. But look on the bright side! You've already bought the chainsaw, and it's free fireplace/stove wood!) will give you memories that will last a lifetime!
Now and then some stuff will break that you can't fix (like a water heater, furnace or heat pump that costs more money).
Getting to pick out the color of your new shingles is fun (and that costs a whole bunch of money).
Then you'll be looking at an addition, or garage or bigger deck or something (and that costs a boat-load of money)!
You'll love it! Like I said, home ownership is a great thing
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Leave some for the rest of us poor guys
