There was nothing wrong with our starter home. But we always wondered what if. Here is our story.

We had a starter home. Stability. Predictability. And we were talking about walking away from all of it… without a clear plan. We either take the risk now, or we keep talking about it forever.

It was 2020. We had just come home from long workdays, sitting at the counter in our 1,600 sq ft home, eating dinner with our almost two-year-old. The conversation turned—again—to the future. We’d always said, “One day, we’ll buy land and build.” But in our late twenties, it felt like a far-off dream. Something for our late thirties… maybe forties. The problem? We were spending more time hoping and wishing than actually planning. That night, we asked ourselves: Why not star