Your home is an investment.  Taking care of it will increase it's value as well as bring you satisfaction and joy.  You may find that the expense of keeping your property up is greater than you ever expected.  Once you have invested in a home the details of  upkeep often involve your own expenditure of energy and time.  This is particularly true if you want your homes outside appearance to be pleasing.  Between repairing the roof, attending to kitchen and bathroom fixtures and keeping the lawn up you will be spending a lot of time at home.  Make up your mind to invest in a few quality tools and slowly add to them as the need arises.  There is an abundance of "how to" videos on the internet that instruct about home repairs, lawn care and tool care.