Personal homeownership has been my dream since I was just a teenager. I knew I wanted to settle down and have a family of my own, but I didn’t know the path to getting there would be so chaotic. I spent the better part of my adulthood trying to figure out who I wanted to be and what I wanted to do. I’ve moved 30+ times in my life, going with the flow, moving towards new opportunities, and growing as a person. When I had my first child in 2017, I knew it was time to settle into the life I always dreamed of, but I didn’t know how to get there. In February of 2022, I got the call that I had dreamed of, and I was selected! My dream was coming to fruition. I couldn’t believe it! I called everyone I knew and cleared my calendar for the next year. I had grown so much in the last 2.5 years since I initiated this process, but I knew the hardest part was yet to come—the build.