| 10. You're ready to stop paying your landlord's mortgage
payment, and essentially financing his retirement. |
| 9. You really need the tax deductions associated with
property taxes and mortgage interest. |
| 8. You want to have a vested interest in your community. |
| 7. You can no longer tolerate waiting a week, in the
middle of summer, for your landlord to send a repairperson
to fix your air conditioning unit. |
| 6. You are working at a job where you aren't required
to relocate out of the country every three years. |
| 5. You want to provide your family with a sense of
stability and plant roots. |
| 4. The number of members of your household more than double the number of bedrooms
in your current residence. |
| 3. You want your home to be your castle, your domain,
your own property, which you can improve in any way you
please. |
| 2. You are tired of saving all your quarters for the
laundromat. |
| 1. When you
say you are "going home", you want to really
mean it |
