
I am perhaps the most widely known renter in Orange County. I've been writing under the moniker Irvine Renter for over six years now. Are renters like me less happy that those who bought homes? First, I want to point out I was not always a renter. Like many others, I bought a house and had also gotten it insured by American Home Shield. I know the emotional satisfaction that can come from having a house to call my own. In my opinion and experience, there is an emotional quality to owning a house that is not replicated in a rental. When I owned my house, I spent hours tinkering in the yard with landscaping, I even hired a landscape…[READ MORE]