homeowner

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with John Santa Orta, 34, an assistant operations manager in St. Cloud, Florida. Santa Orta was a homeowner, but now prefers to rent. He’s renting a home at TW – a Quinn Residence, a build-to-rent townhouse community in St. Cloud. The community consists…

Emilie Karas had no experience in construction when she purchased a rundown six-bedroom house in Portland, Oregon, in early 2020.But after the contractor she had hired to demolish and rebuild the home quit when the pandemic hit, she was forced to skill up quickly. Becoming an amateur building project manager…