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Should I Buy or Should I Rent? Sam I Am Version

Bennett Chef once famously bet Theodor Geisel $50 he could not write a book using only 50 different words.  With apologies to Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, I attempted to answer the above question in that spirit.

 

Do not pay rent, Oh No!
Buy a home. Keep your dough.
 
Hang a wreath on the door
Put your rug on the floor.
Hang your pics on the wall
It's your home, have a ball.
Paint a room without fear
Landlords will not enter here
 
Buy a roof for your head
Buy a room for your bed
Buy a stove for your meals
Buy a drive for your wheels
Buy your kids room to roam.
For your soul, buy a home,
                                        Buy a home,
                                                       BUY A HOME.
 
Do it now. Do not wait 
Buy a home and lock your rate! 

In case you don't know, Seuss not only successfully won the bet, but "Green Eggs and Ham" is one of the  Best Selling Children's Books of all-time. 

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Erik Hitzelberger is a licensed REALTOR with RE/MAX Alliance in Louisville. If you need a Louisville Real Estate agent please email me or call 502.921.3989.

I specialize in the following areas of the Metro Louisville Area: Prospect, Middletown, Jeffersontown (J-Town), Fern Creek, Okolona, Shepherdsville, Mt Washington, Hillview, Brooks and Pewee Valley.  Click the following links to learn more about Louisville and Bullitt County Real Estate or to Search for Louisville Homes 

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Comments

Very cute!! I love the "landlords will not enter here!"  Love green eggs & ham!

Posted by Kristin Moran, San Antonio,TX~Real Estate 210-313-7397 (Owner - RE/MAX Access - KristinMoran@Remax.net) 9 months ago

This is fabulous!! I love Green Eggs and Ham! You must have children!

Posted by Dorie Dillard: Canyon Creek & NW Austin Living (Coldwell Banker United) 9 months ago

Erik, very original post. I always enjoyed reading this one to my kids.

Posted by Dan and Amy Schuman,e-Pro,ASP (Keller Williams Realty Greater Cleveland) 9 months ago

I like this Sam I Am version.  Is the Dr. Suess bet for real?

Posted by Heather Fitzgerald, REALTOR Greenwood Indiana Real Estate (REALTY WORLD-Harbert Company, Inc.) 9 months ago

Great post-I love the Dr. Suess books for children.

Posted by Pat Champion (Coldwell Banker Camelot Realty) 9 months ago

Heather - Yes, the bet was for real.  I wonder whether Suess would pride himself more on taking $50 from his friend or from the success of the book?

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

KM - That was an 'expensive' sentence.  It cost me 4 words.

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

Dorrie - Thank you and yes I do.  Twin 6-year olds.

Amy - My kids love all things Dr Suess.  They have stuffed Cats in the Hat that go everywhere with them.

Pat - I do as well.  Even after reading them dozens of times, they do not seem to get old.  Tha man was a genious.

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

See, This is good education. So simple even I get it. Very clever post

Posted by Claude Cross-Charlotte NC Real Estate(Homes By Cross, Inc.) 9 months ago

Good one erik.  Let's see if  your story also becomse a classic...lol

Have a great day

Make This YOUR Best Year Ever

Leander

Posted by Leander McClain: Realtor ~NJ Real Estate NJSouthRealEstate.Com (Keller Williams Realty-Cherry Hill, NJ) 9 months ago

Lol Claude.  On a somewhat serious note, I honestly think the message is getting out.  More and more first-time home buyers are calling.

Leander - I'm a bit skeptical, but one can always hope!  I have a lot more respect for him after trying this.  Fifty words is tough.

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

Haaaaaaaaa! I love that book. ;-)

Posted by C Tann-Starr (TannStarr.com TannStarr.net REMAX People Realty) 9 months ago

That is great, Erik!!  I am giong to send it to my team members, author quoted!

Posted by Wendy Rulnick "Its Wendy!" Destin Florida Short Sales (Rulnick Realty, Inc.) 9 months ago

Erik - I sent it to my team and named it "Buy A Home Poem"

Posted by Wendy Rulnick "Its Wendy!" Destin Florida Short Sales (Rulnick Realty, Inc.) 9 months ago

C - I hoped you would like it.

Wendy - Lol.  I think your team might be better served reading something useful, but I like the name.   

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

Erik - I think you did a great job.  Dr. Seuss would be proud.

Posted by John Cannata - LegacyTexas Mortgage Sr Loan Officer - Frisco Texas ( 972-325-4912 Also available evenings and weekends) 9 months ago

I do not like a home with rent

i do not like it with a dent.

I do not like it with some mold

I do not like it painted bold.

I do not like it with lead paint

I do not like it really quaint.

 

uh-oh...you got me started now...

Posted by Melina Tomson, M.S. Salem Oregon Real Estate Specialist (Tomson Burnham, llc) 9 months ago

John - Thanks man.  As I mentioned to Leander above, this is actually harder than it sounds.

Melina - ROFLMAO!  Only 19 words.  Keep going!

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

50 words huh...okay, let me see if I can finish it with 50 words. 

Posted by Melina Tomson, M.S. Salem Oregon Real Estate Specialist (Tomson Burnham, llc) 9 months ago

Very creative Erik, now who is this Sam character you speak of?

Posted by JL Boney, III Columbia, SC Real Estate (Russell and Jeffcoat) 9 months ago

Hi Erik ~ So glad to discover this - I found your post via Melina's - somehow I missed it originally. This is just so clever - I love it!

Liz

Posted by Elizabeth Bolton - Cambridge MA Real Estate Agent (Coldwell Banker Cambridge, Massachusetts) 9 months ago

JL - I assume you are kidding.

Liz - Thanks.  I enjoyed Melina's as well. 

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 9 months ago

This is one of the most clever and unique things I have read in a LONG time! I hope you don't mind, I will be re-blogging that. It's too good not to share with others!!

You can tell your clients over and over again about the tax benefits or savings they can achieve from owning their own home, but with the other agents saying the same thing- you've got to differentiate yourself from the pack. Let me assure you, you have just sprinted past the rest of them!!

Thanks for sharing, Nicole Weidauer

The Egerer & Weidauer Team, Keller Williams Realty Greater Seattle

Posted by Nicole Weidauer (Keller Williams Greater Seattle) 8 months ago

Nicole- Thanks for the compliment and the reblog!  As far as the other part, I may have outpaced other agents, but I seem to have out run clients too.  Maybe I'm going in the wrong direction.  You got a map?

Posted by Erik Hitzelberger, --Louisville-Bullitt County Real Estate (RE/MAX Alliance - Louisville REALTOR-Luxury Homes) 8 months ago

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