I remember when my parents bought their first home. I was a teenager. We moved from place to place renting small apartments, and my parents just wanted a comfortable place for our seven-member family. They bought an old fixer-upper in a less-than-desirable neighborhood; but it was ours. I watched them fix it up and make it a home that we enjoyed for many years. I remember the anxiety my parents had trying to find a place we could afford. It spark...