'House Hunting' - A Random Rambling by elementm

writing · @elementm · Sep 8 '18

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'House Hunting' - A Random Rambling

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I've been doing some house hunting recently. Okay that's not accurate. I think I started 'house hunting' when I was about seven. I liked looking at the listings for properties and thinking about what it might be like to live in various places. There wasn't anything especially wrong with where I grew up. I just wanted to be a home owner.

![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQBTCw8PsKTncGDeceqDVWmAP86cTC3F4FdmmspYCSfUB/image.png)

I started university at a very good time (I took a year off after high school and the next year my country made tertiary level education tuition-free). But I finished at a very bad time. The Great Recession hit and all over the world people in my age bracket had difficulty getting the types of jobs we thought we would have gotten. So mortgages became less attainable.

![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmY9x1Y6yBWtCJwPFLqipFW5G4brFd2mSpJhanvBcwiKmr/image.png)

But when I look at the ads, I don't get too hung up on my current budget and sometimes I expand my search to countries I've never even been to. It may not be logical but I look at those houses like I can pay for them in cash (or crypto perhaps?) and maybe one day I will. I've seen highly improbable things happen enough times that I've learned to respect those tiny slivers of chance.

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I'll be Steeming and Dreaming.

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@msp-creativebot · Sep 8 '18

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@quotes-haven · Sep 8 '18

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Beautiful houses. And all different in characters. I hope one day you will be the proud owner of one. :-)

👍 dustsweeper, elementm

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@elementm · Sep 8 '18

Thank you :) That day will come.

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