Home Ownership In The North

Are you sure you really want to be a home owner? If you live in the northern states, like I do, home ownership includes owning all the snow that lands on your property.

The snow weighs down the roof and sometimes turns to ice and damages the roof.

The snow lands in your driveway giving you three possible chores: shovel it. Buy and maintain a snow blower (good only if your driveway is paved). Or pay for someone to plow the driveway (as I do).

Equally important is shoveling all the sidewalks and keeping them clear of snow and ice. If you have a sidewalk out by the street? That is your responsibility too. If anyone slips and falls on your sidewalks? They can sue you. 

Ahhhh... Home ownership. The American Dream. Work all day so you can come home and work on maintaining a house.