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    Would you walk away?

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    HOLDING ON TO YOUR HOME AT ALL COST

     

    Nope, I couldn't walk away from my home, I would be kicking and howling in the middle of the livingroom floor like a spoiled brat, who couldn't get his way, I just could not handle the lost. I been living in my 7 year old home for 4 year's, it will definitely be my last home, this makes my 4th  home I've actually paid loan payment on, because I will be 49 yrs old in April of this year. The apartment life not one of my option anymore, that type of living is over for me, beside's the big apartment corporation are getting too expensive, what you pay in apartment you might as well buy instead of renting. It's is just throwing way good money to bad money waste, why not purchase some that will be your's at the end of the day. I desire to leave it to my grandchildren so they want have to struggle as I did as a young person. It's not the time to throw in the towel, use that brain to work for you, to keep your investment "Your home".

     

    I don't see any reason or purpose of moving anymore from my domain that I am comfortable in. I have been residing in a 4 brm,separate family room, beautiful kitchen w/round bar counter top, two car garage & attic spacious home. I managed in past to budget, know how to meet my obligation's no matter what happen's. I alway's thought ahead when it came to my job selection, I chose occupation's that I know was in demand and would lay off so easily. When I need more income to live because I had 4 children living single, my income when up and down because of their need's. I have worked two job's to manage around Christmas, or holiday's or college fund's for children I lived in luxury apartment that wasn't even mine's, I paid their rent on time because my children had to have a roof over their head, couldn't afford to be put out in the street. I didn't have family living in California to lean on, I had to depend on myself. It's made me sturdy, you do what you have to make a living, two job's was not foriegn to me to make thing's work in my style of living. I remember living off $50.00 worth of meat, $20.00 can good's, rice and potatoes,bean's, dry cereal's,I managed. I lived pretty good, but no saving if I had a rainy day. I use my vacation to go on a mini vacation back east to visit my mother. It is easy to manage when a person came from nothing as a child. I believe you can make if you try. I didn't have time to cry about my circumstances, single,4 children, only bread winner, no help mate to comfort me when I was even sick. You learn how to be thankful and take care what you have obtain in life. Making sacrafice's are no new thing to me, that's a struggle I use to.

     

     

    I will hold on to my home at all cost. Even if I had to work another job to stay in my home I am willing to so. As I was growing up, I learned the importance of residing in a home type of environment, it is more vital to your family. It is not a option to me whether I will give up my home, I would give up other luxuries but not my home at this stage of the game. It's just putting your priorities in perspective, knowing your home is a life time investment , it should come first and foremost. Change everything to meet that loan agreement, you will not be sorry when the storm blow's over.

     

     

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