A good friend of mine recently observed that I seem to be using my blogs to save the home building industry. He expressed his concern that most of my readers would view that as self-serving. He strongly encouraged me start selling myself and provide people invaluable information.
My friend's observation leads me to believe that my purpose has been misinterpreted. I am not trying to save the home building industry. So what does this have to do with Fear and Anxiety? While I admit that might be a secondary objective, my primary objective is to help you, my readers, overcome your fears and anxieties regarding your decision to buy or build a new home.
Wikipedia defines fear as an emotional response to tangible and realistic dangers and states that most fear is usually connected to pain and offers the example that some people fear heights because if they fall, they may suffer severe injury or even die upon landing. It notes that fear is a survival mechanism, and usually occurs in response to a specific negative stimulus. It also emphasizes that fear should be distinguished from anxiety, an emotion that often arises out of proportion to the actual threat or danger involved. It describes anxiety as a physiological state characterized by a number of components that combine to create the feelings that we typically recognize as fear, apprehension, or worry.
I have also heard fear and anxiety described using the acronym FEAR standing for False Expectations Appearing Real. As I stated previously, my primary objective is to help you overcome your fears and anxieties regarding your decision to buy or build a new home. The available economic and demographic data such as the employment to permit ratio, the number of new household being formed or in-migrating to our market, the low vacancy rates, and other data indicates that there are a lot of you who would normally be buying new homes who aren't. I and others in the industry believe that your decision to wait is based, at least in part, on fear and anxiety arising out of all the negative news and misleading data on the state of the national housing market and the national economy - news of plummeting home values or the inability of anyone with less than perfect credit and or a large down payment to obtain a mortgage.
I would like to know if I'm right or wrong. If I'm right, I would like to know what your fears are so that I can either validate or, hopefully, alleviate them.
There is a Japanese proverb that "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." If you have a vision of home ownership, but fear and anxiety are preventing you from taking action, let me help you overcome your fears. If you are prepared to act on your vision of home ownership, let me help you clarify your vision and set realistic expectations so your action doesn't turn into your nightmare.
Chuck Miller GMB CGB MIRM CMP MCSP CSP
President / Builder - Chuck Miller Construction Inc. (208) 229-2553
http://www.chuckmillerconstruction.com/
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