Has your American Dream turned into a nightmare?

With home values still dropping, the slow housing market and  shady property management companies, the homeownership experience isn't always what it was cracked up to be.  The Advoc8te is curious if people (especailly first-time homebuyers) are still happy with their home purchases or if they would have done something differently?

As always, feel free to post Anonymously (although using an alias is best) but please include what kind of  property you purchased and where.