Why YOUR home ownership is important to me

When I was 13 years old, my father died of a massive heart attack, leaving my mother a widow with two kids, a dog and a mortgage. Our "wise" relatives gave my widow mom plenty of advice, including that she should sell her house because it certainly was too big for her to handle and besides she shouldn't be strapped with such outrageous mortgage payments - not to mention the tremendous debt and obligation... Show more