I like the corollary of that one:
“If you can’t pick it up and run with it you don’t really own it.”
R. Heinlein
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One thing for damn sure is that you do not own your house or property. If you think you own it, miss a couple of tax payments and you will learn right fast who owns what.
Yesterday, I was doing a survey for a young lady, one of the questions was, Do you own or rent where you live? I answered, “Me and the County own it. The deed is in my name. Each year I go to the County Tax Collector’s Office, pay the property taxes and they let me live there for another year.