When we come home from church on Sunday, my sons quarrel over the comics. My daughter grabs the real estate section. When I come home from work, I catch her watching remodeling shows on HGTV. She’s not even 12. Should I be concerned?
Bewildered in Vermont
I would say the little boy she has her eye on at school is the one who should be concerned.
In this real estate market? You bet! What if she gets talked into some 80/20 mortgage, and winds up upside-down by the time she’s in high school? You’d better lay down the law to her: 15-year fixed, or nothing! Not if she doesn’t want to wind up in her own segment on the Dave Ramsey show.
Yeah, B Moe. As my friend Mircea told me, “Someday, she’s going to make some young man very, very miserable.”
Which remodeling shows? Designed to Sell? You might have a budding RE agent on your hands. Though, hopefully she’s also watching Buy this house for a dose of reality (steer her clear of TLC’s Flip this House)
Though, maybe she’s watching Design Star and I’d say tell her to stop dreaming…that show is MINE next season.
;-)
You should only be concerned if she starts saying (with your wife within earshot), “Dad, why do we have to have a 17 year old Frigidaire? Why don’t you buy a new Sub-Zero?”
In every generation, there is a chosen one.
Are these new forms of mud homes? How many dozen does each hold?