I’d bet that if you actually added up all of your costs for home ownership over say 20 years... House maintenance, yard maintenance, taxes, repairs, and of course payments.
Then subtract that from the current price you can get from that home and you just might be shocked. In reality, it will be much less of a benefit than you think - or maybe even a loss depending on your location.
Really, one of the worst things about home ownership is that it ties you down to a location and if jobs move, you can be screwed!. Then you are at the mercy of the market.
I’ve never paid a service guy to come to my properties. I always fix things myself. I was blessed in the old day to be able to learn electrical and HVAC in high school and self taught plumbing and auto and small engine repair on my own. God has truly blessed me with skills. I was really really smart in school but always liked those dirty hand skills. Even today my mom still tells me but you could have done this or that but I repeatedly tell her God has blessed me with a truly fabulous life and I have always been happy. And say “even if I died now I would be so happy for what I’ve lived and been given.”