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A house provides shelter, a home stability

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Elite RM423455

Today we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and I began to think about all the places we lived during our marriage. This caused me to think about the difference I place upon a house and a home. I believe a house 24 Diane Ave, Lititz PA provides shelter, a basic human need. A home provides stability, financial and emotional.

In Weltenshauung, the guiding philosophy of Active Rain, I believe very strongly in point 3, “We believe home ownership is a positive force for social good.” My life has been so positively impacted by home ownership in such a way that I encourage every person I know to dream about owning their own home.

In the first 8 years of our marriage we lived in three different states and 7 different houses or apartments. We had shelter and we were happy. Our needs were met and my children were safe. In 1990 we purchased our first home and lived there until we moved to Lancaster in 1997. We currently live in our second primary residence. With the purchase of our homes, we have attained a higher level of stability. We are more financially sound and enjoy being in charge of our own needs.

Home ownership has been a great blessing for me. Want to learn more about how home ownership can change your life for the better? Contact me to learn more.

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Keller Williams Realty Lancaster

1630 Manheim Pike

Lancaster, PA 17601

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Comments (10)

Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Cal - home ownership is indeed a means of enjoying financial stability/security ..... there are many from our parents generation who have been able to live well after retiring despite the lack of company pensions thanks to the equity they built up by being home owners.

Jun 12, 2012 04:06 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Congrats on your anniversary Cal.  I think the 30 years is a wonderful accomplishment.

Jun 12, 2012 08:50 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Happy Anniversay Cal, many happy returns of the day.  Great story and so true.........a house is just shelter, but a home is something quite different.

Jun 12, 2012 09:44 PM
Daniel J. Brudnok, REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Fox & Roach, REALTORS - Exton - PA License #RS-225179-L / Delaware License #RS-0025038 - Downingtown, PA
SRES, e-PRO,ABR,GREEN,CSP

Cal,

Happy Anniversary and very well said.

I have Buyers tell me that the houses all look the same, I tell them.....When you tell me you have found a HOME (NOT house) you like then all will be good.

Jun 13, 2012 12:50 AM
Cal Yoder
Keller Williams Elite - Lititz, PA
Homes For Sale in Lancaster PA - 717.413.0744

Kathy, I think it is the best thing in the world and I have trouble understanding not owning a home. My daughter is reaping the benefits of it, but my son does not want to go forward and I have trouble understanding it.

Thanks Gabe, it has been a very good 30 years.

Roger, appreciate your well wishes. And we do have a great home and love empty nest.

Dan, great advice for buyers because a house becomes a great home when it becomes more than the bricks and mortar.

Cal

Jun 13, 2012 06:43 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Cal... congratulations and Happy Anniversary to you and your wife. She's made a lot of changes with you and together you've managed to stay happily married. That says a lot about your character. You understand change; yet you believe in stability and home ownership too.

That house is beautiful too but I'm sure it's the people who dwell inside that make any house a home of beauty.

Wishing you many more Happy Anniversaries!

Jun 13, 2012 08:26 AM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Happy Anniversary Cal!  Many changes in 30 years.  May you many many more years together.

Great post on the subject of home onwership.

All the best.

Gloria

Jun 13, 2012 01:04 PM
Krystal Knott
Christie's International Real Estate - Summit Colorado - Breckenridge, CO
Breckenridge CO Real Estate & All Summit County CO

Cal, Happy 30th Anniversary!!  What a wonderful day for you and your wife.  I thoroughly enjoyed your post and couldn't agree more that home ownership is so different than renting.  Thank you and have a lovely day with your loved ones!  --Krystal

Jun 14, 2012 09:51 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Congratulations on your 30th anniversary.  Best wishes for many more years of good health and much happiness.

Have a great day and an outstanding weekend.

Jun 14, 2012 09:02 PM
Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Cal,

Congratulations to you and your bride of 30 years. You wrote such a lovely post and I can tell how sincere you are and how hard you have worked to make a good home and income for your family. I am sure they love and respect you immensely and all I can say is...............Happy Father's Day weekend and Happy Aniversary to you both.

It sounds like you and your wife have had a blessed life together. Here's to the next 30 years.

Jun 16, 2012 10:43 AM