You actually viewed your house as "where I live" rather than the road to instantaneous mega-riches!!??

Where would we be if everyone thought like you? Let me answer that - the Great Recession of 2008 would never have happened because there would never have been a housing bubble.

I'm sure there's an especially hot spot in hell reserved for those people who started preaching twenty-five years ago that your primary residence is an investment, rather than primarily being your home.