When you buy a house to live in, it magnifies the tension between maximizing lifestyle (schools, work, amenities, friends, family, etc.) and maximizing returns.

When you buy a house to live in, it magnifies the tension between maximizing lifestyle (schools, work, amenities, friends, family, etc.) and maximizing returns. In practice, by and large, you have to balance towards the former, which means your financial returns tend to be lower.