Want a piece of real estate?

Blog 372:

Property ownership, what is it to you?
Have you pondered … investigated it through?

Consider the path you must take to obtain it
Pull in your horns … save here … scrimp there
Many months or years of tightening … banking
'Can’t squander, but must measure all things astutely
And like a hawk you must watch over one’s frittering!

Alas, when you do come up with right amount upfront
You’re ready to acquire that piece of land and house
You quiver as assets … all holdings reviewed … scrutinized
Feel relief at verdict: ‘All’s good!” realtor … lawyer declare
Ecstatic … you affix your name on a fancy-worded contract
And vow to be in bind for half more of a lifetime!

That’s just it … you get in a hard-to-grasp bind
You commit on mortgage payments and everything else required
Did you know you’ll be taxed for lifetime possessing that lot?
Was it your understanding that upkeep comes with rights to own?
Keep neat in and out all roof and wall structures
Trim lawn, keep it shipshape or else you get shamed, even fined!

So, there … now, are you still single-mindedly resolute?
Would property ownership for you a likely gain or loss?