El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-30
YOU CAN'T MAKE A MISTAKE
If YOU BUY A HOME NOW

Ell the money 20 into paying Tor home Of your
1 This is sound advice be given TO any
- payer in FL Paso Owning ones home means
greater pleasure living, freedom do what pease
ones premises the satisfaction Of having place
where outside the family interfere and 1t is
means of saving money.
The Kiwanis club has taken up a @buy home" cam
paign to extend from May to May p and It will
doubtedy receive the cooperation OF other
interested in e Pasos development The purpose
campaign as II has Oeen outlined IS so to increase the IL
erest IN home owning and SO to point out the advantages
getting Of the renter class that large
of people possible nay be transferred from the renting
&c the home owning class It viii benefit the real estate
dealers Of course but It not real estate selling scheme
rather plan benefit the buyer the seller and the whole
community for solid which
n Pasos prosperity Is founded The more there are of
The undertaking of this dbuy home" campaign does
that real estate market FL PaSO has
stsgnant making necessary the Of restOratves The
market is active Firms building houses numbers
ranging from to 80 and all being sold practically
fast completed every renting family IN FL Paso
With the money make first payment to decide
Immediately buy home, the demand for houses would
far exceed the supply
This campaign then Is not to bolster failing market
but TO broaden it still further especially engage the
attention Of those who have never given very serious
thought home owning, they may to think along
that line thinking, begin investigate The nvesh
CATION of houses first step the
netemorphosis Of a renter to a home owner
In buying home, there IS this to remember: If you
buy well built house. pleasing to the outside and IN
side sound substantial and well located you viii be making
sound investment If the time when you want TO
sell is probable the house viii sell for enough than
calculation you will be able to break In nine cases
cut of ten homes sold here at sacrifice only when
some business OF family crisis obges the to call In
his investment at It isn't really sacrifice then,
in such the immediate gathering Of considerable
sum of money value which fits the Importance OF the
circumstances.
well located home is placed q growing section
OF the city where other good houses will be built
II will be convenient to street and tne lines and
OF near paved street If the prospective buyer has
can have an automobile the transportation feature be
disIegarded far he himself IS concerned but not II ne
anticipates selling at time IN the future Finally,
should located high level ground, out OF the
floods In time Fl PaSO VIII be provided
With storm drainage system which VIII make this PIE
caution unnecessary Until then should be forgotten
well built home not necessarily with enormous
pillars supporting the front porch Particular attention
should be paid foundation that It strong
heavy made of material that viii last The tim
beTs supporting the fOoT should be examined to see that
thew are sufficient thickness and number to provide
solid nonsqueakng floor The brick work should be given
attention and should be taken that the roof
supported good tmbers and substantial and weather
proof All these precautions should be taken for the rea
that while most builders conscientious there are
others IN FL Paso elsewhere who build fsiy make
in time be forced either to Up to fair standards OF
20 out of business
All this applies to the family buying home already
built Where the prospective buyer can buy
specifications to building company and have the house
built or employ architect 70 draw plans and specca
tons and pay him his percentage for supervising con-
struction.
The money saving feature Of home buying on in
alment plan Is worth thought by every young couple
get start In life. Many family which never
able get ahead while paying rent because the
rent money gone forever and the rest Of the available
income seemed to melt away almost unnotced has bought
home here and now has from few hundreds to several