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Someone who pays a bank for the privilege of fixing their own roof.
means A person who legally owns the house they live in, usually while still paying off the mortgage that made it possible.
from Straightforward compound of 'home' (Old English 'hám,' meaning dwelling or village) and 'owner' (from 'own,' Old English 'ágen,' meaning possessed or belonging to oneself). The word itself is a workmanlike 19th-century coinage, assembled as property law and suburban living spread and needed a tidy label for the person whose name was on the deed — no myth required, just bureaucracy meeting real estate.
- actual boss
- the mortgage, not the deed
- hobby acquired
- lawn care becomes a personality trait
- net worth
- mostly drywall and anxiety
- true cost
- whatever you budgeted, times two