Today is Good News Day…a Real Estate Thought

Westcoe Realtors, Riverside California…Normally Friday is Good News day, but with tomorrow being a holiday for many, we are fast forwarding the calender this week.  Speaking of holidays, it seems only appropriate that given the celebrations that will be taking place throughout our country this weekend, perhaps this is the time to give some thought and appreciation for some of the freedoms and rights we all take for granted…specifically the right to own real estate in our country.

It is unimaginable for any of us to envision an environment where our government forbids us, as citizens, to own property.  Owning a home is about as basic a right as we have in America.  Yes…we have financing issues, zoning issues, code issues, etc., to sometimes wade through, but in the end, no one just issues a proclamation that states we, the citizenry, simply cannot own a home. 

No one tells us at birth that our “class of citizenship” will keep us from ever owning property.  No one says that due to our religion, we are locked out of the home ownership process.  No one looks at our job, our income, our politics, or our geographical location and says that because of these things, we are not allowed to pursue the American Dream of home ownership.

We do not have to worry about going to bed at night, only to wake up with a new, military-overthrown government denouncing our property rights, and claiming that which we own now an asset of said new government.  Yes, we have eminent domain laws and issues, but they can be addressed in a court of law, not down the barrel of a gun.

In the end, while I can, at times, be very critical of some of the things our government does that adversely affects our housing industry, I am always thankful for both the right I have to voice my opinion, and the right I have to represent an industry that is there to help anyone purchase a home.  We live in a wonderful country, complete with its flaws and warts…yet hopefully we will all take the time at some point this weekend to contemplate the multitude of sacrifices that have made these freedoms a part of our daily life fabric.  Indeed, we are the fortunate few who are Americans.