if you bought a house in Puna in the last 5 years

[Hotzcatz]

I was going to be a Realtor once because my grandpa had been one and he had been a really nice grandpa. After I took the real estate course and was ready to take the test I finally found out how un-respected most Realtors are so I never did go take the test. Coming to the selling of realty from a draftsperson's point of view I would have thought would have been a good thing, especially when selling vacant land or houses in need of permits, but if Real Estate salespersons are going to be held in such low regard, I didn't want to go there. I'm wondering how many other folks don't take up selling real estate as a profession because of how poorly they would be perceived?

One of the biggest reasons I suspect we have arrived at the mess we are in is there is no eduction in finance and mortgages for most citizens. I never had any financial education in school, there were a few math classes, but nothing even so much as how to write a check, let alone how, when or why to get a mortgage and the pros and cons of them. If you want a lesson in astonishment, take your mortgage and calculate how much you will pay in interest over the life of the mortgage. There is a REASON why the root word of "mortgage" is DEATH. It will take you until at least that long to pay that much back!

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