Very interesting write up, and thank you for sharing this research with us.
I have always believed that to make money, having business is probably the best if not the only way to do it, since being an employee is almost impossible to become wealthy and I can understand how owning your own home could be a great part of becoming wealthy, but I only see it if you keep on buying and selling the homes, since I believe owning a home just to live and not selling it, or renting it, is also a money eater since we never finish working and putting money into our homes, it seems like that is all we work for to keep our houses updated and in good condition. That is just my thought after being a homeowner since I was 20 years of age and we had many investments into housing including renting properties.