I mean, if I put hundreds of thousands into my home over the course of 20+ years I expect the value of my home to be more than what I bought it for.

The problem is when people just buy homes, barely upgrade any of it, and expect to double what they paid for it.

The homestead we have now u bought for $225,000 about 5 years ago. We just built a new deck extension on it. I should expect to get more than what I paid for since we have put money into this home. It's not worth what it was 5 years ago as it's since been updated both inside and out over those five years.