Benefits of Homeownership

We learned one of the unsung benefits of homeownership last night... extra Halloween candy. We didn't know how many kids to expect because it is our first year in this house, and because our neighborhood is mostly young people who don't have kids... but we didn't want to have too little candy. Long story short, we ended up with a lot of extra candy.

I don't know why mortgage companies and real estate brokerages don't sell this aspect of homeownership more. It seems to me like it belongs right up there with "Stop giving money to your landlord... give it to YOURSELF!" I guess I'll never understand business.