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[quote=Anonymous]My mother the realtor gave me a tip when I bought my first house.  Before you move in or as soon as possible after you move in, take one room or project that you've always wanted to do, but couldn't do before, and do it.  That may be painting walls (if you came from a rental where you couldn't paint) or tearing out something and replacing it. etc.  Then, when you're having buyer's remorse, go into the room with the project and remind yourself why you wanted to own instead of rent--because you got to make the decisions for what you wanted.

In my first house, I tore out some built in light fixtures that drove me nuts and replaced them.  When I was feeling down about the house, I could look at the lights and realized that I would never have been able to do that with a rental and I would have been stuck with old, ugly lights that I didn't like.  We only had one small inconvenient door out to the back yard (from the kitchen).  18 months after we moved in, I took out the  double window in the family room and added atrium doors from the family room out onto the deck.  Whenever I needed to be reminded why home ownership is good, I could open the new door to the deck and appreciate it and let those changes that I made to the house lift my spirit a little.

In my new house, we closed about 3 weeks before we moved.  We took the time to paint a few rooms and I bought and added built in furniture in one room for our office.  Now, I can walk into the office and look at the built-ins and realize that I would never have been able to put those into a rental.[/quote]

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