Brandon, I found you as a fellow "Choose Youself" FB group member. I agrew with your reasons and have gotten into a home within the last 2 years. The upsides you mention are true and the disagreements against it are respectively true depending on your perspective, goals, and purposes in the process.
Instead of a simple dichotomy of "Home ownership is good" or "home ownership is bad", I would encourage people to find the option that best suits their situation, desires and future plans. I would guess that is why you consider buying a home as "choosing yourself" against the advice and counsel of James Altucher.
Thanks for sharing your story and I look forward to reading more from you and hope you enjoy your house!
I couldn't agree more with your idea of working against the dichotomy. Nobody's situation is going to be the exact same. If your situation fits into a space in which owning a home is the best option, then by all means do it. I'm of the opinion that more people are in the situation where owning a home would be better than renting than many believe.
Thank you @strangerarray for the encouragement. Hope you enjoy your house as well!
@brandonp I'm all for your article. I own a couple rental condos (which is an additional ball of wax..lol) but as long as the numbers work and I'm seeing cashflow after all expenses it always makes a good investment! I've put up a couple posts on steemit in regard to real estate investing. More to come!
@strangerarray I'm on facebook just enough to have been able to sign up to steemit. I may actually have to get involved to see this "Choose Youself" group. All for meeting even more like minded folks!