{"id":8603,"date":"2009-05-25T06:13:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T13:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8603"},"modified":"2009-05-25T06:13:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T13:13:53","slug":"under-all-is-the-land-celebrating-property-rights-wherever-you-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8603\/under-all-is-the-land-celebrating-property-rights-wherever-you-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Under all is the land: Celebrating property rights wherever you live"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think about this every now and then. Under all is the land- real estate not as business, but as a sort of philosophy, a big idea. Greg wrote an incredible piece about this<\/a> in his usual big thinker style. I can’t take this on from the place Greg’s at, but I can see this from the street level- from where I’m working.<\/p>\n

My transactions with first time buyers and with HUD owned homes are teaching me a few things. You may not deal in that market. It’s very gritty. Not everyone wants to get their hands that dirty, or do that much work for a couple hundred dollars, and believe me when I tell you that there are times I understand that completely. But le c\u0153ur a ses raisons que la raison ne conna\u00eet pas<\/em>, so against the best advice of some of the best brains<\/a> in the business, I’m working with the people who do not take home ownership for granted, they didn’t grow up assuming they will ever own a home. And in spite of all this collective intelligence pointing me elsewhere, I love working with people who are excited about owning property. Do you know what I mean when I say that?<\/p>\n

Think about how incredible that statement is: Owning property. Land. Something that can’t get moved, can’t be taken away. I know eminent domain exists. Forget that for just a moment and think about the history of man. Property ownership equals freedom. The right to own property? That’s extraordinary! So while I understand I could make more money with less work if I worked at real estate differently, I get a huge kick out of helping people who see what I see when they buy a home.<\/p>\n

These are people who may have grown up under circumstances that would not have precluded home ownership. They may have grown up in parts of the country that have become too exclusive<\/a> for the average person and they have been shut out of a life they literally helped build. Perhaps they are not children of privilege but children of other circumstances. They Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think about this every now and then. Under all is the land- real estate not as business, but as a sort of philosophy, a big idea. Greg wrote an incredible piece about this in his usual big thinker style. 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