Home improvements may not be an investment.

Last year we bought a house, new construction (like all the houses on the street — we’re all original owners). We’ve been slowly improving the property. We wanted to put in a fence, and neighbors on both sides said that they couldn’t afford to chip in. However, they both offered that, if they decided at some point down the road that they wanted to link to the fence, they would pay to do so. By the way, this is what you are supposed to do. If you want to link to someone else’s fence, you should offer to pay.
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