Patience
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Stories (14)
Kaylee Kendall
The House That Wasn't Right
After beginning their search, the Kendalls found a house they liked — but not one they loved. Rather than buying to escape renting, they walked away. 'We didn't want to settle on something just to be in a house. We wanted a house we want to raise our kids in and have grandkids come and visit.' The discipline to refuse something good in order to find something right is one of the most financially mature decisions in the episode.
Doug Webb
Four Years of Construction at Lehi High
For four consecutive years, Lehi High School was a construction zone. The design-build reconstruction — constrained by a tight campus footprint — required creative collaboration between teachers, administrators, architects from Naylor Wentworth, and the Alpine School District. Neighbors across the street endured years of dust and mud with patience. Doug describes the experience as unexpectedly joyful, despite its difficulty. 'I wouldn't change that for the world. Everyone was so good to work with.' The result was a compact but beautiful modern campus — built by a community that showed up.
People (3)
Kaylee Kendall
Teacher & Homeowner
Kaylee Kendall is a teacher and mother of five who, along with her husband Matthew, navigated credit challenges, a failed first home attempt, and USDA Rural Housing financing to purchase their forever home in Tremonton, Utah. Her advice to future buyers — 'You can't answer the what-ifs until you try' — has become one of the most quoted lines in the From Rents to Roots archive.
Lynn Hell
Homeowner
Lynn Hell is from Idaho, rented for most of his adult life across multiple states, and spent years searching for the right home with his wife Betsy. After they opened their back door one morning in Eagle Mountain and heard birds for the first time in years, he knew they had found what they had been looking for.
Matthew Kendall
Homeowner
Matthew Kendall is a husband and father of five who, alongside his wife Kaylee, pursued homeownership through credit rebuilding and USDA Rural Housing financing. Their journey from renting in Eden, Utah to owning in Tremonton is documented in Episode RR-037 of From Rents to Roots.
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