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Belonging

Explore all episodes, stories, people, and quotes related to belonging.

Stories (16)

People (5)

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Betsy Hell

Homeowner

Betsy Hell grew up in Provo and Lehi, Utah, rented for most of her adult life, and spent years searching for the right home alongside her husband Lynn. After inviting their daughter Nicole into a co-purchase, the family found their home in Eagle Mountain. Her advice: find people you trust.

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Kaylee Kendall

Teacher & Homeowner

Kaylee Kendall is a teacher and mother of five who, along with her husband Matthew, navigated credit challenges, a failed first home attempt, and USDA Rural Housing financing to purchase their forever home in Tremonton, Utah. Her advice to future buyers — 'You can't answer the what-ifs until you try' — has become one of the most quoted lines in the From Rents to Roots archive.

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Lynn Hell

Homeowner

Lynn Hell is from Idaho, rented for most of his adult life across multiple states, and spent years searching for the right home with his wife Betsy. After they opened their back door one morning in Eagle Mountain and heard birds for the first time in years, he knew they had found what they had been looking for.

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Matthew Kendall

Homeowner

Matthew Kendall is a husband and father of five who, alongside his wife Kaylee, pursued homeownership through credit rebuilding and USDA Rural Housing financing. Their journey from renting in Eden, Utah to owning in Tremonton is documented in Episode RR-037 of From Rents to Roots.

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Nicole Hell

First-Time Homeowner

Nicole Hell grew up in Montana and returned to Utah as an adult, spending years in expensive roommate situations before joining her parents Betsy and Lynn in a family co-purchase of a home in Eagle Mountain. She began the process believing homeownership was impossible for her. She ended it as the owner of her own basement apartment.

Quotes (32)

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"You need to make your own community. It's not going to find you."

Charlene Freestone

Helping Parents Leave Safer Than They Arrived

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"This is mine."

Nicole Hell

A Satisfying Whirlwind — Betsy, Lynn & Nicole Hell

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"It's your home. It's not just something you're borrowing."

Kaylee Kendall

Home Is Not Just Something You Borrow — Matthew & Kaylee Kendall

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"We wanted to be able to have a house that we want to raise our kids in and have grandkids come and visit."

Kaylee Kendall

Home Is Not Just Something You Borrow — Matthew & Kaylee Kendall

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"Don't think you're not the growth."

Mark Johnson

Building Lehi — Mayor Mark Johnson on Growth, Civic Service, and the People Who Make a City Work

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"Best thing you can do in this town is just be kind to one another."

Mark Johnson

Building Lehi — Mayor Mark Johnson on Growth, Civic Service, and the People Who Make a City Work

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"Get involved — it's a great place."

Doug Webb

Roots Run Deep in the Classroom — Doug Webb on Education, Leadership, and a Lifetime of Serving Lehi

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