Whether you own or rent, invariably there is a room or two you would like to do something with. In the the writer’s case it was the kitchen, over the Christmas holidays the room was cleaned and painted. Originally the action was to be a cleaning, but along the way paint was added and soon the kitchen was painted and it looks good. This action is similar to many home repairs, a small correction grows to more work and that is why most of us do not do all the time. Renovation seemingly has more tangents involved and most of the time, we are missing a tool or two, which causes a run to the hardware store. When you get there, other projects come into being and the cycle is repeated.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, fortunately for this group multi purposes is a really good thing. You can buy for the long term growth of the stock price or the continual growing dividend and you would be correct either way. When the stock goes up you look good, when the dividend gets paid, you look even better.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.