Property is Power! Your first home doesn’t have to be your dream home; it just has to be yours

Let’s keep it real: for many of us in the Black community, homeownership has felt like a distant dream something for “later,” for “when everything lines up,” or for “other people.” But here’s the truth they don’t teach us in school: you don’t need to wait on perfect to start building. Your first home doesn’t have to be the biggest house on the block. It doesn’t need granite countertops or a finished basement. It doesn’t need to be in your ideal zip code. It just needs to be yours. The Dream Can Start Small We’ve been conditioned to chase the “dream home,” but what we should be chasing is ownership. That first piece of land. That first front door with a key that belongs to you. Because when you own property, even if it’s not fancy, you step into the wealth-building process that this country has long tried to keep us out of. Ownership gives you equity, leverage, and options. You can always upgrade later. You can always build onto it. But the longer you wait, the more expensive the game becomes and the harder it is to catch up. Start Where You Are. Build As You Go. Maybe your...