It was highlighted on the Adam Carolla podcast that even celebrities have issues improving their own property. Joel McCale of Community and Talk Soup fame talks about tall the issues he ran into while trying to install a pool on his property. Your property is your property, and government should serve to protect the integrity of private ownership rather than punish those who want to incur in the injustice of owning something.

I wonder if that recent manifesto about "owning nothing and feeling great about it" is in reference to how much of a hassle it is in certain states like California to actually own anything. They have regulated all the fun and joy out of owning anything and make it all the chore and hassle of owning things.