{"id":481,"date":"2026-08-13T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:00:17","slug":"when-my-dad-bought-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/when-my-dad-bought-a-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuando mi pap\u00e1 compr\u00f3 una casa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mi pap\u00e1 naci\u00f3 en Cerritos, San Luis Potos\u00ed, un peque\u00f1o pueblo donde su madre soltera cri\u00f3 a seis hijos. Dej\u00f3 la escuela a temprana edad para trabajar y ayudar a sostener a su familia. Por las historias que nos contaba durante nuestra infancia, dos cosas siempre quedaban claras: no quer\u00eda trabajar para nadie m\u00e1s y ning\u00fan negocio que emprendiera le resultaba suficiente por mucho tiempo. Se aburr\u00eda con facilidad y r\u00e1pidamente pasaba a la siguiente idea. En M\u00e9xico, inici\u00f3 un cine ambulante, prob\u00f3 distintos negocios de ventas e incluso fue due\u00f1o de uno o dos taxis, los cuales dej\u00f3 a cargo de su hermano cuando emigr\u00f3 a Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comenzar de nuevo en este pa\u00eds fue mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. No conoc\u00eda el sistema ni el idioma y, aun as\u00ed, se sent\u00eda profundamente insatisfecho trabajando para otros y viviendo de alquiler. Para entonces ya ten\u00eda esposa y dos hijos peque\u00f1os, y sab\u00eda que ni la renta ni el empleo tradicional representaban el futuro que deseaba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entonces surgi\u00f3 una oportunidad que cambiar\u00eda su vida. En nuestro vecindario se puso a la venta un edificio con una tienda de abarrotes en la planta baja. Despu\u00e9s de m\u00e1s de veinte a\u00f1os de arduo trabajo en Estados Unidos, mi pap\u00e1 hab\u00eda logrado ahorrar lo suficiente para comprarlo en efectivo: 40,000 d\u00f3lares. Nos mudamos a ese edificio cuando yo ten\u00eda cinco a\u00f1os, y a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde me prepar\u00e9 para mi boda en ese mismo lugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No fue hasta hace unos a\u00f1os que me puse a pensar lo que todo eso habr\u00e1 significado para mi pap\u00e1. El valor que se requiri\u00f3 para que un inmigrante, que comenz\u00f3 sin nada en Chicago, invirtiera todos sus ahorros en un negocio que no conoc\u00eda. Al pensar en las oportunidades y recursos de los que dispongo hoy, y en cu\u00e1ntas veces el miedo o la falta de informaci\u00f3n me hacen dudar, no puedo evitar sentir humildad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mi pap\u00e1 fue una persona ambiciosa. Aun sin contar con toda la informaci\u00f3n, sin conocer el sistema, sin tener educaci\u00f3n acerca del negocio, se atrevi\u00f3 a actuar. Esa decisi\u00f3n permiti\u00f3 que nuestra familia no solo sobreviviera, sino que prosperara, y tambi\u00e9n apoy\u00f3 a nuestra familia extendida. Si hubiera esperado a tener certeza absoluta, quiz\u00e1 nunca habr\u00eda descubierto de lo que era capaz. Y todav\u00eda hubiera podido hacer m\u00e1s, si hubiera tenido la educaci\u00f3n o el entendimiento del sistema necesario para invertir, para comprar m\u00e1s propiedades, para proteger su retiro. Porque ten\u00eda la mentalidad correcta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mentalidad determina nuestras decisiones. Puede paralizarnos por miedo o impulsarnos a la acci\u00f3n. Mi pap\u00e1 ten\u00eda alrededor de 48 a\u00f1os cuando compr\u00f3 su primera casa donde encontr\u00f3 el negocio que tendr\u00eda durante m\u00e1s de treinta a\u00f1os Un negocio donde \u00e9l era rey. 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